God In The Wilderness With Me

God in the wilderness with me!

Numbers 1:1 "And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,"

This is the sermon that I shared in our Shiloh Revival Church, Night prayer on July 28, 2023. It was during this time that a shocking video of sexual assault on two Manipur women sparked national outrage, besides many other heinous brutalities are being committed too in the State. Well, when I sat down to prepare the sermon, God started speaking powerfully and immediately to me, that I first downloaded in my heart and also put it in writing.

The opening verse says, “the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai”! God delivered the Israelites from the hands of Pharoah, revealed His power to them and the enemies, He journeyed with them, taught them to discern the clean and unclean, worship laws in the book of Leviticus and now we arrive at the book of Numbers. God did not leave them midway, He is going with His people step by step, are you listening? He is with them in the wilderness, appointed powerful leaders like Moses and Aaron and was guiding them continually. Glory to God!

Isaiah 58:11And the LORD shall guide thee continually.." After you surrender your life to Christ, it can be through some personal experience or encounter, God does not just leave you there to navigate on your own, He walks you through the complicated labyrinth of life journey.

Illustration: Since personally I was a voracious reader, God sent people miraculously to give me spiritual books that helped me grow, also He helped our family move to a good Church. When we relocated our family and ministry to a new State, Hyderabad - God moved with us too. Hallelujah! He kept a Principal sister ahead of us in Hyderabad who offered her palatial villa for rent, also she offered her School auditorium free of charge to start our weekly prayer meetings, thereby our ministry started here. Jesus will never leave you nor forsake you!

MEETING PLACE WITH GOD/TENT OF MEETING:

Numbers 1:1. The LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the Desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt

Even though in the wilderness, ‘meeting place with God’ was fixed right there, where Moses and Aaron would go and enquire of God. Amen. That was the secret of the success! They did not up pack their bags, book the tickets like some Christians and say “Praise the Lord”, that’s pseudo worship and fake Christianity. No….no….the ‘The Tent of Meeting’ should be in our house where we meet God everyday and seek guidance. Hallelujah! It was a place where Moses could go to meet God face to face, we are also told when the meeting took place, it was on “the first day of the second month, of the second year after the Israelites came out of Egypt.” That is, it had now been over a year since God had miraculously delivered the nation of Israel out of 400 years of Egyptian slavery. The leaders received guidance for their journey right there at the ‘Tent of meeting!’

When we diligently obey the Lord and His commandments, God has promised to be in our midst. Read:

Leviticus 26:11 And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

12 And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.

There should be a ‘meeting place with God’ in your home, no matter what, you need to figure out a time to gather as a family and pray. Someone in the family has to take the onus to do this diligently and aggressively because the evil forces would fight you tooth and nail to stop this. Anybody listening? I started the ‘Tent of meeting’ at home and in my work place, which actually became the launching pad for my ministry.

We started Abide School in Hyderabad in the year 2011, September 11, I was not ready for what I would face. I thought it was a cool job; however, when kids from rag pickers and children of auto drivers joined the school, everyday it would be a nightmare. They would narrate tales of moms trying to commit suicide, drunken dads beating wives and much more. To begin with I started cooking good food for the children myself and then I pitched the ‘Tent of meeting’ in school – we started elaborate prayers. Hallelujah! We would worship and pray for solid 45 minutes, I taught them the Bible, praise God the demons fled.