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Making through the wilderness experience
Sep 29, 2009
Job 23:8-9 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there;
and backward, but I cannot perceive him; On the left hand, where he doth work,
but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him;
Don’t worry you’re not alone. Look around you’ll see the footprints of many others that faced the wilderness before you. Look to your left and you will see Moses footsteps. Moses who tried under his own power to deliver God’s people, only to flee from being a prince in Pharaoh’s house to attending sheep. For 40 years Moses was in his wilderness. Look to your right and you will see the footprints of Job. Job called the greatest man of the east; Stripped of everything, his possessions, his health, the support of his wife and most of all his children. Some say his wilderness began when he was around 70 years old. But most important of all, look down you will see the glowing footprints of Jesus. Jesus the Son of God, in whom the father was well pleased, His beloved son; Was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil 40 days and 40 nights. You see you’re in good company, be encouraged.
The wilderness is a desolate place. Everything is dry, dusty and parched. There is no comfort zone. No place of rest, relief or reprieve. Your dryness may be spiritually, financially, socially or physically. But, it is necessary; it’s a season that every child of God must go through. It can’t be bypassed and please don’t bother looking for a shortcut or a detour sign, there isn’t one. It is here He will teach you to depend on Him and only Him. The wilderness will purify you, refine you, purge you off all that is a hindrance to your walk with God, and in the end you will come out as pure gold.
Listen to what He is saying: I must allow you to suffer to make you stronger. All my disciples suffered, you are my disciples.
God’s children shouldn’t look upon the wilderness journey as a negative time in their lives. You are there for testing, training, purging and preparation. You are being prepared for the next move of God. The Lord won’t lead you into the wilderness and forget about you. He won’t leave you there for the enemy to have his way with you. He will not stop working in your life while you are in the wilderness, if any thing He is watching and working more closely in your life to help you through your journey. Don’t turn loose His hand, or you won’t make it through.
You may feel like you are out there with no one to talk to, no one to encourage you, no one to lift you up when you are down. Where are you God, where am I? You are right where He needs you to be. You are totally dependant on Him and no one else. Just like Jesus you have only the word of God to see you through. Don’t die in the wilderness you will make it through. It’s a place for you to be strong and bold for the Lord; A place where a full surrender to the Lord is needed; A place where your flesh is burned away. A place where you trust Him completely to do what He said He would do.
It’s in the wilderness you will begin to truly glorify the Lord, it’s a place where you cannot turn around or go forward without the Lord, like the children of Israel at the Red Sea. You don’t have to worry, you don’t have to fret. All is well. Know that all is well. Haven’t I proven myself worthy? Haven’t I cared for you? Why do you fret?
When it looks like all hope is gone it’s time for you to establish a time of prayer in the wilderness. When you can’t find your way, when you feel like giving up, when people tell you what you want can’t come to pass.
For all the haters that said you would not make it, you could not make it, those who laughed and even doubted that you would come out, your reply is simple; God is not through with me yet. I must be confident that He which has begun a good work in me will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ (Phil 1:6) I know that I will be prosperous regardless of the wilderness. God has prosperity waiting for me. He gives me all that I need regardless of my situations in life. (Phil 4:19)
You tell them that you are like a tree planted by the waters in the midst of my wilderness. I will bring forth fruit from the wilderness, my leaves won’t dry out in the wilderness, and whatsoever I do I will prosper.
(Psalm 1:3). If you continue this way guess what will happen? You got it!
Because you have to refused to die in the wilderness.; Because you know your blessing is coming. God will cause men to give unto you. If you will endure your wilderness journey, the Lord will have people bless you financially. He will open doors for you. He will cut doors out of brick walls for you, and enable you to go through situations that would have otherwise been impossible to handle. God will bless you and cause all things to work for your good…when it’s time for Him to activate certain blessings in your life. Remember it has to be God’s time, not yours. It is His time.
You need to hold on. Don’t’ let go of Jesus now, it won’t be much longer. The battle will soon be over, and God will do a new thing in your life. Isaiah 43:19-21 Behold I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
Do you see what God is doing for you now? He’s doing a new thing in your life, He’s making a way for you while you are in the wilderness. He is bringing you water right in the midst of that dry desert. Stay right there until He has completed the work in you for your next journey. Go through it, just like His Son did. Stand, Stand on His word and press on!
