Day 29

Session 2-Welcome to the Wilderness (from the book One in a million...journey to your promised Land)

God often chooses for us  the road we might not expect.  A wilderness journey to give us opportunity to experience Him in a way we might miss in a place of ease and contentment.  The question is will we follow God even if the way is difficult?  Only whole hearted devotion ensured the Isrealites entrance into the promised land.

Isaiah 55:8  "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways my ways," declares the Lord.

Thier is a place of final decision where God lets us campout to consider the challange ahead.  Whether He's asking us to stay in a rough marrige, to mother difficult children, accept singleness, to choose full-time ministry, let go of friendship, suffer illness or to navingate a situation we feel we can't survive, we have to decide if we will follow wher He is leading and trust Him.  In this place we don't know all the details.  Sometimes His way is:  more challanging, lonely, more tedious, more costly or more indirect.

We can be certain God is looking our for our greater good.  1 Pet.1:6-7 "You may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.  These have come so taht your faith-of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire-may be proven genuine and may result in praise, glory & honor."

A VISION OF GOD IN THE DRY & DUSTY-Job 42:5  I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eyes see you.

Scripture reading Job 1 & 2  Job's relationship with God went from hearsay to one grounded in experience.  The relationship got real deep and  personal.

Psa. 145:17  The Lord is fightous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.  -No matter where He takes us, our greater good is on His heart.

My prayer is that the Lord will allow me to see Him in everyday life.  I want to stay close to the Lord and alert to His voice.  I do fear sometimes where He might ask me to go or what He might want me to do.  I have at times stopped studying His word in fear of what the knowledge I was recieving might mean.  I pray that the fear will be removed and nothing but unshakable trust will remain.  I pray for the strength to do whatever the Lord has planned for me.  I know in Him I can do whatever He asks, I ask that my thoughts and flesh move out of the way and the Spirit will take over and move me as the Lord guides my every step.  I am so thankful for the blood of Jesus and all it has accomplished for us all.  I pray that the Lord will allow me to walk in all the power and authority He has given through the blood of His son, in all every facit of life(the good, the bad & the ugly).  I want to be a true daughter in Christ & walk where He would have me to walk and take each step He asks of me. Not missing anything He has for me or anyone I meet on this journey with Him.  I pray that my family will know the Lord in His intimacy, not just know His word or of Him, but for each of them to have the realtionship He desires with each of His children...In Jesus name I pray, AMEN.