A Walk in the Wilderness

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"


Jeremiah 29:11

Everybody has to admit, that there are times in our lives where we go through

wilderness situations. During those times you feel as if God has abandoned you, or that there's even a chance your problems might destroy you. Don't worry because God always has it planned for the best. Sometimes in order to get our attention, God takes us away from our comfort zone. Comfort zones meaning, times we fall into routines or maybe we tell ourselves this is it. We have to keep in mind, that our life with Jesus is a daily walk moving forward, and there's not a day on this earth where we can say that we know it all or have accomplished everything. If we ever feel ourselves going through the wilderness, we must in fact rejoice. You would feel as if that is crazy, but it's true, we have to rejoice because Victory was already given to us on the Cross, also because God is drawing us nearer to Him. I just want to tell you of a story that touched my heart.

 

"There was a man who was climbing a mountain; as he was descending he slipped on a rock and plummeted to the ground. Luckily his safety rope caught him, and he was dangling on the rope. It was snowing really heavy and he could not see the top or the bottom, so he prayed to God. When he prayed, God told him to let go of the rope. But he insisted to God, that if he would let go of the rope, he would surely die. But again God spoke to him, to let go of the rope, but he was reluctant. Eventually the next morning the rescue team, found him dangling just metres above the ground."

This is how it is in our lives also, sometimes when God leads us in a direction and tells us to let go of things; We hold onto them, as if it were our only hope for life. Keep in mind, that His plans for us are are always for the best.