The Wilderness
The Lord has really been speaking to me about the wilderness. My mother spoke of the "wilderness" time in her life just the other day, a good friend from the Richmond House of Prayer taught on it the other night, I come across prophetic words and teachings on it, I open up to scriptures about it, and I keep hearing the word "wilderness" wherever I go... the Lord was really trying to tell me something and His word was loud and clear. It's time to prepare. He is beginning to awaken and prepare His Bride, and one way the Lord prepares us is through the "wilderness" times of our lives.
In the desert, God created a fully organized, 12-tribe nation out of nothing. The children of Israel had lost their identity in Egypt, and coming out of Egypt, they were in utter chaos and confusion. God then allowed them to wander through the wilderness for 40 years. It wasn't until after this wilderness period that they were reborn and their children inherited the Promised Land.
The wilderness periods of our lives might differ from one person to the next, but usually have a few things in common. The Lord usually strips us of everything we have or thought we had. This may be our ministry, our relationships, our mindsets, and sometimes even our money or belongings. The Lord will allow us to die to our flesh. The Lord usually reveals to us ugly and dark areas of our hearts that He wants to change... areas we didn't know were there. The Lord will also heal us heart, soul, and body and saturate us in His truth and love if we allow Him to during this time. The wilderness times may not be our fault, but they have a purpose. The purpose is to prepare us for the hard times ahead. We must allow the Lord to prepare us. We should not run from the wilderness even though we might feel alone. The wilderness is a safe place. It is a place where we meet Him face to face and allow Him to tell us who we are. In this place, He will breathe life back into our dead bones and give us back our identity. We must know who we are before we will be ready for war. When we learn to love His wilderness, we will see the wilderness for what it truly is... a garden of life.
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Gal 5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
Wow this is so Powerful!!
It strikes me to think about something you say: “The wilderness is a safe place”. There´s something deep in this statement.
I had never thought about it that way, although I agree with the thought.
I read once: “The safest place is the will of God”, even if it´s different to our own will. I wouldn´t go to the desert by myself, it´s the Lord who takes me there.
It´s a place where there are only two people: God and me, where He does want to make me understand that it´s a matter of only the two of us. And there, He makes you die to everything you hold on to, even to your dearest dreams if they mean He will be the second best in your life. The desert is a Love testing place (Deuteronomy 8: 15,16), where the Lord allows you to be known by Him and to know yourself, the real condition of your heart. It´s comforting to think though, that, - as you mention, it´s also a healing place.
One last thought God revealed to me in a special way was while meditating on Hosea 2: 14 & 16. In spite of the love tests God´s people must go through, only in the wilderness do we receive a greater and more glorious revelation of God´s character: He will allure us, He will show us tenderness in spite of our rebellious hearts and He´ll reveal Himself to us as a husband (not as “a master”,v 16) enabling us to become the Bride he has called us to be. Only after the wilderness can we really know His love in an intimate way. Lord: help us to embrace the wilderness, trusting that it prepares us to be more intimate with you and to enjoy the true nature of your LOVE!!
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