Times in the Wilderness

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Encouragement for your daily walk with God

It is a popular theory among contemporary “believers” that a life of ease follows those whose seek the Lord, and conversely, those who struggle to that end, cannot possibly be in God's will—labeled by some as a wilderness experience.

Perhaps we should be reminded that nearly all the great men of faith in the Bible spent some time in the wilderness. Abraham, Moses, John the Baptist, John the beloved, and Paul, just to name a few.

Interestingly, the Hebrew word for wilderness is meed-bahr. It stems from the root word leh-da-behr, which means to speak. I love that because it implies that the Lord “speaks” to us in the “wilderness.” 

Perhaps you are in a “desert” place at the moment—a spiritual, physical, or emotional wilderness with no end in sight. Please understand it can be a place of growth because the “wilderness” is the place where God can “speak” to us most effectively. Let’s be honest; in the wilderness there are less distractions, making it easy for God to get our attention!

And please know, dear Christ follower, that God is with you today! He is present, walking through the wilderness alongside of you. We have not been abandoned. Listen, He is “speaking” in your “wilderness,” and the promised land awaits! 

Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19