'Coming Out Of The Wilderness.'
a) Song of Solomon 3:6. The Church, the Body of Christ.
b) Ezekiel 20:10; Luke 3:2; Numbers 1:1. Where God taught us.
c) 1 Samuel 23:14. It was 'home' for David.
d) Psalm 78:15-16. It was a place of miraculous provision.
e) Jeremiah 9:2. Jeremiah had wanted to live in the wilderness.
f) Jeremiah 2:2. A place in which we can seek after the Lord.
g) Psalm 107:4. A lonely place.
h) Joshua 8:15. Can be a way of escape.
i) Psalm 106:9. God led His People through.
j) Numbers 3:4. A place where there is temptation to compromise with impure "worship".
k) Judges 8:7. A place where there are unpleasant thorns.
l) 1 Kings 19:4. A place in which to die.
m) Revelation 12:6. God can prepare a place for us there.
n) Numbers 9:1. A place where God spoke to Moses.
o) 2 Samuel 17:16. It is not a good place to choose to spend a night.
(This QT encourages me always to be Coming Out Of The Wilderness, if I find myself in one)
PRAYER: To come out of, and to keep out of, The Wilderness.
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'We Shall Be Like Him.'
1 John 3:2.
a) Beloved,
b) Now we are Children of God;
c) And it has not yet been revealed
d) What we shall be,
e) But we know that,
f) When He is revealed,
g) We shall be like Him.
h) For we shall see Him as He is.
(Through this Second one I have glorious assurance: We Shall Be Like Him)
PRAYER: To keep hold of this glorious assurance.
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Chris.
Yes, there are times that all of us may find ourselves in some kind of 'spiritual wilderness'. When we consider all things, we come to the conclusion that it probably been that God has sent us into the wilderness for a specific reason. Rest assured, He will lead us out and onward towards our 'Promised Land'. The length of time that we remain in the wilderness does not depend on us, but on Him Who led us there. Jesus has been there first and for us! If we are in a wilderness (desert experience), we can expect the Lord to lead us out of it as and when His Purposes are achieved.
