In His infinite mercy, God pulls us into desert spaces.
Tag: desert
If we live in the wilderness long enough, we’ll eventually see it bloom.
Often times we grumble instead of asking God because we aren’t living close to Him to begin with. We think His arms are too short because we haven’t fallen into them.
“Today, if only you would heard His voice, “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested Me; they tried Me, though they had seen what I did.” (Psalm 95:7b-9…
In the wilderness, all that other stuff falls away. In the wilderness, life is stripped down to essentials and we can’t take another step without knowing God is with us. It is only in this parched land of perception or circumstance that we are consumed with longing for God. It is in the wilderness where we discover that He truly is enough. In the wasteland that we learn that our God really will provide all we need according to His riches and glory. In the wilderness we learn to follow closely: convinced and contingent upon His protection and provision.
“The water I give you will be an artisan spring within, gushing fountains of endless life.” (John 4:14 MSG) It’s a little harder to recognize it in today’s culture, with modern plumbing and underground aquifers and built-in sprinkler systems, but the old adage is still…