The Desert

Ever thought of conveying an important message to someone but realising that he or she isnt giving his or her full attention towards you? there seems to be one or more things distracting him or her from listening to you with full intent. eventually you either wait for him to be free of distractions or drag him/her to one corner with and tell him/her.

Distractions prevent us from giving our undivided attention to the messenger. in our christian walk with God, he is our messenger and sometimes He also sends the Holy Spirit. God has His own way of taking us aside, so as for us to give him our undivided attention. many biblical characters have been taken out of their comfort zone and into their own deserts by God. there was Paul, Moses, Joseph and even David  when he was running away from King Saul.

We as humans are stubborn at times, and for some of us its probably all the time, and God knows we need a desert experience in order for Him to acccomplish his work, in order for us to be given the privilege of being used by Him in His Kingdom.

The Desert does a few things to us:

1) makes us uncomfortable and forces us to adapt.

2) leaves us barren of material resources and makes us turn to, for most of us, our last resort, God.

3) it changes our focus from the luxury to the necessity of survival, in this case; spiritual survival.

4) allows us to draw deeper from God's grace.

5) removes the unnecessary.

( these are just some of the things which i think u all will identify with)

God will only take you out of the desert once He has accomplished what He had set out to do and change in your life. Nonetheless take comfort that the desert is only a season in our lives and that it won't last forever. instead use the time to really understand God's heart, aspire to hear His voice like you would have never heard, if you weren't in the desert.

its about seeing the desert through God's perspective. If you think you seem to be in a dry lonely place, where everything and every aspect of your life is just not working out, then the time has come for you. you are in the desert. maximise the time you have in there and reach for God and all that He has for you during this time. Dun focus on the short sighted stuff and see the line ahead. it's the start of your moulding. in army , my sergeant used to say,'' tough times dun last tough men do''. and i guess it applies to our christian lives too. Tough times dun last, tough christians with firm foundations do.

Use the desert fully. God simply wants to take you higher. See it as God sees it.