Good Morning Blessed One!

Good Morning Blessed One! 

Deuteronomy 2:7 KJV ~ “For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through the great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.”

When we become Christians, we feel that the Holy Spirit will lead us on peaceful journeys through this life at all times, but that is not the case, you will walk through some wilderness days! God led Jesus into the wilderness for a long and difficult time of testing and preparation for 40 days and 40 nights, the devil tried to tempt Him; see Matt 4: 1-11. Just as you are led into the wilderness and sometimes you lead yourself into those difficult journeys by not letting the Holy Spirit guide you. We are just like the Israelites; we have spent 40 years or more on a journey that should have lasted for a few days. It was not the distance that stood between them and the promised land, it was the condition of their hearts, just like us, it is the condition of your heart that keeps you from reaching the promise. God’s purpose for the journey in the wilderness will prepare you to live in total obedience to Him, the journey is painful, dying to self and obeying is tough, but is necessary for our preparation and His purpose for the journey!

On the journey in the wilderness God is able to teach you things that you could not learn anywhere else, He is teaching you who you will become through the Holy Spirit. God is preparing you to live a life of service and devotion to Him, He is calling you into a deeper level of prayer, He’s calling you to the most Holy of Holies, a place of total surrender to His Will and Way, this cannot be stressed enough. A journey through the wilderness is where God will take you from your natural realm into a supernatural realm where it’s just you and Him and you are loving the view from this place!

God will allow you to walk in a wilderness season, to stretch you and to increase your faith in Him, a faith that brings you straight to praise, prayer and fasting for results! On your journey in the wilderness, you will need to put on your armor daily, (Ephesians 6:10-18), and ask God to prepare your heart and mind, and to give you strength for this test, make sure you seek His Word daily, this will be your manna and it’s the most important part of your armor. You will need this as you navigate the peaks and valleys and the highs and the lows on your journey! Please keep this in your mind as you are going through, you are not going to remain where you are as long as you keep pushing, praying, pressing and trusting in your Father!

Remember that The Lord is your Shepherd, and that He has an amazing gift for you today, even in the wilderness. He is going to pursue you today, His love and goodness and He has appointed you to this season for such a time as this, it is for your good, (even though you can’t see it right now). He will anoint you with the fragrance of His Holy Spirit, and He is pouring His love in you right now, that you may love to overflow! Today, walk with Him and see the green pastures in the place that you are in, He will give you peace as you walk at the pace that He’s going, follow in His steps, and in His grace, and in His love, and let His favor run all over you and you are not lacking any good thing!

The wilderness journey is designed to help you cultivate a personal relationship with your Heavenly Father. You will learn what true embracing is as He embraces you and you embrace Him, you will cry out to Him and He will answer your cry, you will learn to trust Him, because there is no one else that can save, deliver, heal and change you, and you depend on Him, for He is the I AM, that I AM! In this place, praise and worship will be a part of everything that you do, you will worship your Father like never before! It’s in this place that you relinquish your control and let the Holy Spirit take over and become the center of your life.

Now when God brings you through the wilderness it’s your responsibility to maintain your intimate relationship and time with your Him, a true relationship, is where you love to spend time with each other, learning more about who they are and how you can please the one that you say that you love. You did say that you love your Father didn’t you? In this place, you will desire to be in communion with Him every day, you just can’t get enough of being in His Presence! It’s in this place that you have learned how to not let this world get you down, knowing that trouble won’t last always, you have learned how not to complain or be anxious for anything but to be thankful for everything! Remember you live in this world, but you are not of this world! You want to see your journey in the wilderness as a good thing, and that it was worth it, for it pushed you right into your Father’s arms and your growth has been undeniable and unmatchable, look at you, you are now closer to God than you were in the beginning!

Let’s Pray: Father Thank You. Thank You for being my Shepherd and pursuing me with Your Mercy and Grace. Thank You for covering me for such a time as this in my life as I navigate through this wilderness season. Father, I am putting my trust in You, and I will not complain, I will trust in Your Power to see me through this. Thank You for anointing me with Your Holy Spirit and for pouring it into me right now! Thank You for the overflow, as I walk in Your Power and Anointing today, let it fall on someone else and change their lives like You changed mine with Your Grace and Mercy! Father, Thank You for restoring my soul and giving me Your guidance, leadership, protection, peace, provision and hope for a better tomorrow. Thank You for Your goodness and love that follows after me and chases me, even when I am unaware of it, thank You for being my Refuge and hope. Today, I choose to walk with You in green pastures, even in the wilderness, I will walk at whatever pace You want me to go, I’m not in a hurry because I am enjoying my time with You! Father, I am praising you for the assurance that I will dwell in Your Presence today and always and that You will not hold anything back from me. In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Blessings…

Minister Jean