“Your path led through the sea; Your way through the mighty waters, though Your footprints were not seen. You led Your people like a flock.”
Obstacles, maybe by design, mark the end of our ability to find our way; they bring us to the edge, where, if we are looking, we can see God’s.
Hunger and Thirst 
Our steps are ordered of God. Some of them may end up leading us through “shadow of death” type experiences. It seems God doesn’t like pansy believers!
I can confirm that assumption. It must surely be so.
Thank you, Mike! This was a great word for us today!
It was good for me.