through the wilderness...

the wilderness is such a familiar place for me.

Many times I feel like I'm on the 'mountain top', or in the 'garden'.... but there are definitely those desert seasons, as well. It's not that the desert seasons in our life are bad. Not at all, actually. They can be quite beautiful. It's because it's a season God's bringing you through. Key word ...'bringing'. Look at amazing men after God's heart in the Bible. David, Abraham, Jacob, John....even Jesus himself. They all went through the wilderness. Quite literally. And it was God bringing them through the wilderness, teaching them and equipping them....it was God bringing them through that; they then came out and God launched them into their ministry and used them to change the world.

A friend of mine once said, "You know, you can go through the wilderness lugging around a jug of water on your own....or, you can let the Spirit come like a river and pick you up and carry you through it."

~Psalm 18:19
'He delivered me because He delighted in me.'
He doesn't have to....but He does. His heart is moved, and He lavishes His delight on us, His children. Our deliverance is in Him. The One who carries us through the desert.