We are walking in today: Mastering The Wilderness!
Witness battle throughout the Bible: H4421 milchamah meaning battle, war
Numbers
31:21, 31:27, 33:27, 32:29; Deuteronomy 2:24, 20:1-3, 29:7; Joshua
4:13; 1 Samuel 17:47, 2 Samuel 17:11, 22:40; Psalm 18:39, 24:8, 55:18,
140:7, Proverbs 21:31; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Jeremiah 51:20; Ezekiel 7:14,
13:5; 1 Corinthians 14:8; Revelation 9:7
This takes radical faith, study and obedience! Fiveamprayer we are going in!
We
are looking at these two settings of the text--the before and after the
wilderness. There is a challenge facing us in the wilderness. Will we
learn from or repeat our mistakes? There are several steps that lead
to freedom. Fiveamprayer, deliverance is not freedom!! For 40 years
Israel was in the wilderness, a time directed by Almighty God, they were
not wandering but being developed and strengthened. Don't allow what
you think about yourself, to alter what God has already promised to give
to you. The 40 years they were to be developed to see and trust the
Lord God as the next generation would be able to go up and take the land
that He had set before them. What words were spoken in the wilderness,
for He is honorable to allow those words to come to pass as well. What
is on your tongue?
The word midbar h4057
is wilderness, meaning--desert, uninhabited land, the root word means
spoken, commanded, declared, teached. This all shows us the teaching
and instruction for the people of Israel in the wilderness is where
they were given order. This is where instruction was spoken to them by
Yahweh. This is where we get order, in the wilderness. This is a place
of training and intimacy with God, where He is developing you. We
choose to be retrained or remain trained! Will we master what we have
been given or allow some thing else to master us? It is in this
environment we learn balance, order and harmony in the wilderness! So
many of us look for a time away from the cities to the 'wilderness' to
find peace and balance to hear and seek time with Almighty God. The 10
orders, which are often translated as the 10 commandments were given
where? In the wilderness! We are receiving our orders from the highest
power of leadership and might! Position and power can take there toll
on those in the wilderness. We must be mindful of what can and will
come against us. From the outside forces and even our own thoughts.
Let us rely and trust in He who never fails! He is the all-seeing,
all-knowing God! There is nothing too hard for Him nor beyond His
control. Why would we blame Him in our crisis? That we were lead into
the wilderness as a punishment? How can we grow with all of these
distractions surrounding us? What is in our hearing in the wilderness
that is not being heard in the towns? We may soon find that the turmoil
we may find ourselves in is--from within. Don't give into the clamor
of our minds, Fiveamprayer!!! Rely and rest in He who is holding you in
the palm of His hand?! To hear more of the benefits of the wilderness
experience click here.
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