God’s goodness, grace and mercy went before the children of Israel and led them out of captivity. It was a shield to them in the wilderness. Goodness, grace and mercy destroyed those who refused to let the children of Israel go. It tormented them with plagues and disasters. God’s goodness, grace and mercy brought food the Israelites in the wilderness. They were feed with heaven’s food. Goodness, grace and mercy went behind them and before them as a wall of protection. Goodness, grace and mercy did not destroy God’s children when they murmured against Him in the wilderness, but it gave them 40 years to repent. God’s goodness, grace and mercy brought them into the promised land; a land flowing with milk and honey. Goodness, grace and mercy allowed them to set kings and rulers over them when God desired not. His goodness, grace and mercy permitted them to step outside of His will for a season. Then they remembered the Elohim of their right hand and repented and returned unto God.