Wilderness. Isaiah 43:19

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Isaiah 43:19 (NLT)
19 For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?
I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

Ephesians 2:22 (NLT)
22 Through him you Gentiles are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.

Ah, the wilderness. Wild, untamed, hostile unless you’re properly prepared, and pretty agnostic. It doesn’t care if you make it or not. The world is wilderness, even when you’re in civilized areas. How many times have people failed you when you needed them the most? Bet it’s happened, found out who your friends really are. It’s a nasty place out there driven by survival of the fittest, evolving slowly one way or another.

Psalm 16:1 (NLT)
1 Keep me safe, O God, for I have come to you for refuge.

Deuteronomy 31:6 (NLT)
6 “So be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid and do not panic before them. For the Lord your God will personally go ahead of you. He will neither fail you nor abandon you.”

Unless, and until, we really do follow God’s plan, until we follow the living waters, until we make ourselves vessels to carry and dispense that water. The world in its native state is nasty. God brings us peace. God directs us out to be other centered, not self centered. God directs us to tame the wild and make it produce for us, and to ensure that everyone is taken care of. The world says “mine” and “fend for yourself”. God creates a wilderness in nature that’s amazingly, awesomely, incredibly beautiful. Harsh and beautiful.

The world is a harsh place too. God calls us to tame the world as well, to tame ourselves through him, to trust in him, to obey his commands, to bring his love, joy, and peace to the wilds of the world.

1 John 3:21-22 (NLT)
21 Dear friends, if we don’t feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence. 22 And we will receive from him whatever we ask because we obey him and do the things that please him.

There’s no wilderness that can’t be tamed with enough effort, wisdom, and knowledge. Not even the wilderness of the world.

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I Love The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and the blessings He has poured into my life. I pray that I live a life that glorifies Him in all I do, but I fail every day, many, many, many times. I have come here through brokenness, a trail of pain and broken promises that I've created through my self centeredness, self will and arrogance. For those I've hurt, please forgive me for what I did. Those things that I remember I am truly sorry I did them. I wish I could undo them. I can't. I use these lessons as motivation to be a builder, to take those experiences and hopefully keep someone else out of their own similar experiences. I love my wife, my children, my family, my friends, my strangers, and those the world would like to dismiss as an unfortunate error messing up worldly perfection. I get frustrated with all of the above too, for I am broken, not like God. Lord, give me your wisdom, your patience, and knowledge of your will for me and the strength to carry that out in all I do. I believe we have work to do while we are here and need to be actively engaged in allowing God to work through us. A Christian is someone who does what The Father, Son and Holy Spirit calls them to do, a builder not a taker, a conduit not a pinnacle, humble and serving. Micah 6:8 Matthew 25:31-46