"We have to take each
step of our pilgrimage in the wilderness in small increments as God
shines His light on the steps…if no light shines illuminates the pathway
then stop and wait. He will give us the ability to withstand the waiting
as He prepares to shed glorious light on our next step."
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"God is so good to His children that way. We are trampled upon,
tested to the limits beyond our human ability, even drawn out into a
wilderness, but no matter the destruction, bending, wounds, and such
we go through, God still sees us as precious to Him. However, we must
go through all this even in His mercifulness in order to be used by Him.
God’s mercies are never ending, they are provided to us fresh each
morning. He peers deep into our heart to see the struggling saint come
to his end with painful groans emerging from the breath of them
flowing to the ears of our almighty God. He then reaches down in our
most desperate situation, the driest time of our life and shows us
mercy. He knows the wilderness is tough. God knows the wilderness
is hard on us, He built every single fiber in us, He understands the
depths of our trials. Remember, Jesus went through forty days of
intense trial in the wilderness as a man, but He was and is God too. In
the middle of my plight, my argument with Him, my distain for this
pilgrimage through the wilderness that was thrust upon me, God
pardoned all my pride at the same time He was purging it from my soul."
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“As a deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants for
You, O God, for the living God!” Psalm 42:1-2
"In light of this verse, we should ultimately be found to have a dying
thirst for God, His mercies, His grace, and His holiness to the point we
are panting for it until we have been filled by Him. This pilgrimage is
where the greatest desire for God grows deeper. In the wilderness we
walk alone many times only with God as our comforter, where the
refreshing water is unlimited so we can keep coming back to our Lord
for His new mercies and strength. In the wilderness it can be hot
during the day and extremely cold at night. This draws us to God for
our cooling or our warmth, and much of the time we find ourselves
exposed and vulnerable to the elements around us causing us to rely
on God for our complete shelter. Through these difficult times we must
find the desire for God to be intense. This is all by God’s design and
under His sovereign control. Each event was carefully orchestrated
together before a speck of dust was created into Adam’s body."
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“May the Living God, who is the portion and rest of the saints,
make these our carnal minds so spiritual and our earthly hearts
so heavenly, loving Him and delighting in Him, and may be the
work of our lives.”
Matthew Henry, another great Puritan pastor of by gone years and
writer, who had an excellent handle on the desire of God said,
“The joy of the Lord will arm us against the assaults of our
spiritual enemy and put our mouths out of taste for those
pleasures with which the tempter baits his hook.”
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"We will experience times filled with darkness, temptations to fear
and give up, attacks by our enemies, heavy burdensome tasks and
more. The seasons of refinement are not easy to endure, but each
Believer must experience a time like this in their life. Not all seasons
of life are the same, but the lessons to be learned are for God’s greater
honor and glory. Do what you can see is clearly before you and stop
worrying about what you can only see vaguely out in the future. We
do not need to be anxious about what tomorrow has for us, what lies
in the dusky darkness, but let God take care of the tomorrows while
we take one small step at a time as God lights each step of the way
for us. An old saying goes like this, “Step into the light.” As Believers
in Jesus Christ, we are to step into His wonderful light."
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"God has been merciful to me in my battles with depression. I want
so much to succeed for Him and succeed for my family. However, the
pain can be unbearable at times by human standards. As days go slow
with no relief in sight, this seems to be when the battle gets very intense
and the depression starts to settle in my bones like hard concrete
deposits forming at my joints causing pain, heartache, and anxiety.
These are the moments I am reminded of by the Holy Spirit the “Lord
is my portion”…He is my sustainer and healer always. My God is my
Adonai Rofi, my healer. As I move along many times not
understanding the pilgrimage I find myself on, my comfort is in reading
God’s holy Word. His Word will remind us of the vastness of Himself,
the salvation that awaits all those who persevere to the end, the healing
that is bound up in Him and the love He has for His chosen people.
Throughout the day to the end of each day my place is to be completely
satisfied in my Lord no matter the circumstances surrounding me. God
is most glorified in my satisfaction in Him."
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"Healing comes to us in different ways as I have said before. But
in our battles against the vicious bites of Satan, God does provide an
antidote called The Word we can retreat to and feast on in order to
survive for another day and another battle. This is available to us as
Believer’s in Jesus Christ. The ultimate results are the same; God uses
His Word in us to heal us in accordance with His will and purposes
resulting in the furthering of His kingdom and His greatest glory."
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