Wilderness

India James
Mar 2, 2023
3 min read

Old Journal Entry:

It feels like to me that right now we are blindly walking. We are taking steps forward, while trying to listen to a whisper. We can’t see or hear most of the time, but every once in a while we get a flash and we hear a whisper. It is hard, but we will keep on walking. We will keep on listening. One day we will see how God was working in this season of our lives. A wilderness experience.

Sometimes there are words that stand out to me. If you are going through something then it seems that you see or hear those words everywhere. At the time that this was written, a word that kept coming up was wilderness.

The days and months following, I continued to write with this word, “wilderness”.

If I could avoid the wilderness, I sure would. I don’t like to be alone, wandering, and not sure what is going to come out of a trial.

Being able to identify what season you are in is vital in your walk with God. You may not be able to see the “full” picture, but you will have an understanding of where you are in your journey.

Old Journal Entry:

As I am here questioning what our tomorrow holds, a little hurt, a little broken, a little confused, but somehow my faith is just as strong. I know that God has a perfect plan. We just have to be willing and available for whatever he wants to do.

I think that sometimes as Christians we can get in the mindset of if I am hurt or broken then I do not have faith or am less of a Christian. I am not where I am supposed to be. I am not doing something right.

However, I would dare to say that while you are on the Potter's Wheel some of those things may come up. You may be a little hurt, and feel a little broken. It is ok to have feelings, but we cannot live our life just reacting as a result of our feelings.

When the children of Israel were in the wilderness they just had to blindly follow the cloud. They didn’t know what their future held, they didn’t know the next day whether they would continue to walk or they would stay. They just followed the cloud.

You can’t always see the big picture. You can’t always see the destination. There is nothing wrong with you. It is all a part of the walk of faith.

One day I had written about the season my family was going through, let's be honest, struggling through. No one knew the words I had written besides me and God. I hadn’t even told my husband, and we tend to read every text message and discuss all things. I wrote about that season, and was gathered together with other believers that night. A lady came and spoke to me, exactly what I had written. She spoke to that season, used some of the same phrasing I had used when writing, and encouraged me. I had never seen this lady before. She didn’t know all about me, God knew. God saw me; although, I didn't feel like He did. He sees you today. The season you are in, the wilderness experience perhaps, won’t last forever.

Keep walking, keep believing, in your weakness, He molds you, and makes you a little more like Him.

The cloud, the fire, the glimmer of light, HE is there in the wilderness, you may not see it right now.

You can give up in the wilderness, or you can let it be the platform God uses to elevate you.

I will never forget my Pastor preaching on a Sunday morning… I don’t remember his whole message, but I remember him walking in the front altar area towards the middle aisle. One slow step at a time. Saying sometimes all you can do is put one foot in front of the other and keep walking.

We are on a faith walk. Sometimes the road isn’t clear, but we have to keep our hearts and mind on Him. Just taking one step at a time.

The wilderness brings forth the miraculous.

The wilderness shows you how much He truly will provide for you, physically and emotionally.

The wilderness reveals.

The wilderness is hard.

The wilderness is beautiful.

Don’t give up. God is elevating you.