The Promised Land Wilderness.

The Promised Land Wilderness.

Isaiah 35:1-10NKJV

Sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it? But it’s not. The wilderness is part of Gods plan.

The Israelites wandered for 40 years in a wilderness to get to the promised land. They should have entered in 12-14 days.

One can only imagine their relief and joy, when they finally reached their destination, when their days in the wilderness were over.

What does the promised land represent?

The place God brings you to… Your destinations, the goal of your calling, the place of joy, blessings, completion, where His promises are fulfilled … A shadow of heaven!

“The wilderness is a place you go through to get to the place God is calling you to- the place of the journey to the place where God’s promises are fulfilled.” P.H

4 Facts about the wilderness:

1. Wildernesses are places of Need. (Millions of people constantly on the move).

2. Wildernesses are places of Dependence. (You trust God or die).

3. Wilderness are places of Learning.

Deuteronomy 8:3NIV  He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

4. Wildernesses are never the Final Goal.

Deuteronomy 6:23NKJV Then He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land of which He swore to our fathers.

Remember this, You can’t have a promised land without a wilderness. Why? Because if you automatically entered the promise land, you wouldn’t even know you were there.

Isaiah 35:1-10NKJV “The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, And the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose; 2 It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice, Even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, The excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, The excellency of our God. 3 Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are fearful-hearted, “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you.” 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6 Then the lame shall leap like a deer, And the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, And streams in the desert. 7 The parched ground shall become a pool, And the thirsty land springs of water; In the habitation of jackals, where each lay, There shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 8 A highway shall be there, and a road, And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, Shall not go astray. 9 No lion shall be there, Nor shall any ravenous beast go up on it; It shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk there, 10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, And come to Zion with singing, With everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing shall flee away.”

Hear this word, God is into promise lands. Just to prove it, You once lived in darkness, but now into His marvelous light. You once lived in chains but now you’re free! You lived in lack, you had a famine mentality.

-Again, God is into promise lands!

According to Isaiah 35:1-2NLT “Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses. 2 Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon. There the Lord will display his glory, the splendor of our God.”

Let me remind you, “There. ‘In the wilderness, is where God takes you into the promise land.”

I read just this week of a woman who has been a caregiver for the dying. She has tended to hundreds. She stated, I usually get my pt. 4-6 weeks before their death. She stated, I dig deep.

This professional caregiver begin asking the same questions to her pt. “If you had it all to do over again what would you do different?” Over 90% stated the same thing.

“I would act upon and follow my dreams daily.” -Even if it meant I would not fit in.

So what does the wilderness represent? The place you go through to get to the place God is calling you to- the place of the journey to the place where God’s promises are fulfilled.