The Purpose of the Wilderness

 

The Purpose of the Wilderness

When you are walking in the wilderness, you will feel dry as the sun beats down onyou. During this walk you cannot take much with you and even what you have, you are eager to let go of so that your load may be lightened.
This is also true of your spirit life and often you have asked me why you need to face the wilderness. What you do not realize though is that it is in the wilderness that you will learn to let go of your load and find the peace in me that you were always asking for.
You have asked me to lighten your load. You have asked for peace and joy and instead of these things, you feel the heat of the wilderness and you have wondered why I am taking you through this barrenness. Can you not see my purpose child? For it is in this moment that you are compelled to throw down the things that weigh you down.
It is in the Wilderness that you suddenly feel and see everything that has been slowing you down spiritually. I will point out things that you thought you could not live without. I will point out other things that you did not know you had.
Then one by one, you will lay these things down until your burden becomes lighter. Then you will truly understand what I meant when I said that my burden was light and my yoke was easy. For a lot of what you carry around is not of me, but of your own doing. So look forward to the wilderness. Embrace its pressures and all the heat that it brings into your life. For it is through this heat and pressure that you will be set free and truly come into my freedom says the Lord.