You can't get to the Promised Land without going through the Wilderness. Once in the Promised Land, if you forget the lessons of the Wilderness, God will send you back again.

Nothing worth having is easy. If life seems too easy, if you aren't facing any great challenges, you're probably not taking full advantage of what God has given you. The challenges are there, waiting for you to pick them up. Always be looking for opportunities to become better and more than you are--spiritually, intellectually, physically...in every conceivable way.