Afterward, the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the lonely wilderness in order to reveal His strength against the accuser by going through the ordeal of testing. - Matthew 4:1 TPT
1) Every wilderness has an “
When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “”If they face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”” So God led the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. - Exodus 13:17-18 NIV
Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. - Deuteronomy 8:2 NIV
2) Every wilderness has a
God is obsessed with your heart.
Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. - Luke 2:34-35a NIV”
The wilderness reveals your heart.
3) Every wilderness has a
But the men who had gone up with him said, We can’t attack those people; they are stronger than we are. And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, “The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them. - Numbers 13:31-33 NIV
4) Every wilderness reveals
He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. - Isaiah 40:29 NKJV
But he answered me, My grace is always more than enough for you, and my power finds its full expression through your weakness. - 2 Corinthians 12:9 TPT
The wilderness prepared us for the battles to come.
The wilderness teaches us who our source is. (how to trust God).
The wilderness teaches us that God will make a way when there is no way.
We don’t realize that God is
What is the Holy Spirit saying to me?