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God knows your wilderness

 Deuteronomy 2:7 (ESV)

For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He knows your journey through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.

We often feel alone when we walk through the wilderness. Sometimes we even feel that God seems far away during those times. But the Bible tells us that God is fully aware of our wilderness experience. In fact, He is with us when we go through the hard times in our lives, which is the essence of the wilderness experience.

Author Lina Abujamra says, "It’s in the desert places where we meet God and grow." She also notes that God's aim is to use the desert places in our lives to make us stronger. God’s goodness is meant to be received in the midst of our pain, not proven by the absence of pain.

How beautiful is that, right? God's goodness and presence are often more evident during the desert places—during the painful and difficult situations in our lives. This doesn’t mean that God always leads us only into the wilderness or that He finds pleasure in our toughest times. No, not at all. He uses your painful moments to bring you closer to His presence. Remember, all the great men and women in the Bible went through hard times and wilderness experiences. But they all overcame, and we still read about them today. We also know they are to receive their crown of glory in heaven.

You might wonder why God uses hard times to help us grow—is that the only way? But to make us shine and remove all impurities, God allows us to go through the furnace and the lion's den. He prunes us so that we will bear good and beautiful fruit, benefiting others and ultimately reflecting Christ.

The wilderness is always beneficial; thank God if you are going through it. And I want you to be aware that it’s always the ending that is worth it. Jesus said, "You’ll have troubles in this world," and He also said that we need to carry our cross and follow Him to be His disciples. The wilderness experience will shape us, mold us, and align us with the Lord’s desires, making us into what He wants us to be.

He will surely glorify you with the crown of glory if you endure it !

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