THE WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE: PART 4

THE WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE PART 4

Psalm 63:1(O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; 2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary).

 

The wilderness is a dry and thirsty place; but the dryness is not meant to kill you nor to punish you; rather it is meant to increase your desire to seek and trust God. When you are in the wilderness everything around you is dried up but there is hope of dew and flow of river and abundant rain if you will not give up. Jesus Christ went through  the same experience and that's why the devil tried to give him a suggestion; he told Jesus to turn the stone into bread. The Devil will always come with suggestions but it is left for you to accept his advice or rebuke him immediately and that is what Eve refused to do instead she went into dialogue with the devil. When you are in the wilderness you don´t give the devil space because he is going to be around you in the wilderness because that is his domain; Psalm 66b (but the rebellious dwell in a dry land). Part of his ministry is to destroy you and cut your wilderness journey short but; concerning you, he will not succeed, in Jesus name. You are there in the wilderness to defeat him and to put him under your feet, and he also knows that God is with you but being a skimmer he is not going to be aggressive he will use subtle approach by suggesting things to you. He will say, how can God say that he loves you and that he has chosen you and also separated you to Himself and yet allow you to go through this hunger and thirst all in the name of power. He will now say, oh you know there is a faster way to end this suffering and get the power. One thing the callee should bear in mind is that he or she is not suffering but in a serious training, God is preparing you for the assignment and your assignment is to destroy the work of the devil. 1 John 3:8 (He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil). The reason why God throws you into the wilderness is to be empowered. God wants you to stay in the satanic domain and learn all his tricks. Those who really went through this journey successfully are terror to the satanic kingdom; Satan cannot undo them because they have seen it all. And they cannot be separated from the love of God because they have seen His awesome power and have experienced His undying love.They have had time to learn how God leads and how to follow Him step by step. Those who truly know God will defeat the devil anytime and any day; Daniel says those who know their God shall do exploit (Daniel 11:32); you made an exploit in ministry, in Jesus name. Romans 8:35 (Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord). Everything that Apostle Paul listed in the above scripture are the attribute of wilderness but he made it and became more than a conqueror entity. In the wilderness God provides your needs and not your wants; but many have mistaken that part of the scripture (Philippians 4:10-19); God revealed that to me during my wilderness journey. He said to me ¨my daughter, the reason why you are stressed is because your wants are not meant; but remember you are still in the wilderness and you cannot be wanting because you are still moving and also i promise to provide your need and not your want. He also said, whenever I feel this way I should check myself and adjust. Friends, that's exactly what I learn to do and it works perfectly. The children of Israel entered their promise land before they start building their houses and acquiring properties; (Deuteronomy 8:1-18) the only house they build in the wilderness was the temple of God of which they carry along with them and now we are the temple of God by redemption (1 Corinthians 3:16-17).The mistake most of the callee do make is to want to start acquiring property while in the wilderness and that will result in frustration and distraction; and then the individual may wind up in the hand of the devil who will gladly take them back to Egypt. But concerning you, your case is different in Jesus name.  Psalm 66b (but the rebellious dwell in a dry land). Friends, If you are experiencing dryness and you have not given your life to Christ; that is curse and not wilderness experience; and you cannot afford to continue like that without any hope. Christ in you, is the hope of your glorious future. That kind of dryness can only be terminated by God because there is no hope of wetness or dew; it is only God that can turn your wilderness into a fountain of water.

 

Lord Jesus, I come to you today, I am a sinner, and I cannot help myself, forgive me my sins, and cleanse me with your precious blood. Deliver me from sin and Satan to serve the living God. Lord Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and saviour. Now I know I am Born Again, Amen.

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