Numbers 2:34 And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, everyone after their families, according to the house of their fathers.
After spending a couple years at Mt. Sinai receiving the Covenant from God with all its laws and stipulations, and after taking a census counting the number of Israel, the Lord was ready to lead the people forth on their journey to the Promised Land. So they set out, in the order, the way, and the time that God commanded.
All went well as long as they did according to all that the Lord commanded. The people responded well, in trust and obedience. Of course, we know the rest of the story: what could have been a journey of a couple months turned out to be 40 years because of unbelief and disobedience. However, they started out well. Trust and Obey. God led them and provided for them.
We don’t always see the cause and effect connection, but the Word reveals to us the truth, how life really is. When we trust and obey life goes better; unbelief and sin makes life more difficult. The world deceives us into thinking that money, pleasure, and power, or control, will make life easier. And we believe the lie.
God’s honest truth is that life is better, more blessed, and more fulfilling when we do as God commands. Faith in Christ that produces good fruit, and being led by the Spirit to simply do as God commands, makes a good life. We may start out well, but soon we will stumble and fall. God’s Grace in Christ forgives us, picks us up, and restarts a new life every day.