God’s Promises and the Unexpected Path to Get There
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David. . . ” Luke 1: 32. One can’t help...
Category: Wilderness Journey
Being Faithful to God When It Hurts
“. . . a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God. . . They forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them Psalm 78: 8, 11. This passage is...
Giants In the Land: What they Represent In the Bible
“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those of them whom you let remain shall be as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides,...
The Promise Land in the Bible: How Do We Get There from Here?
“For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord; the Lord swore...
Moses and the Promise Land: Rash Words
“Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock” Numbers 20: 10? I’ve always...
Trouble The Doorway to Blessing In the Bible
“God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox” Numbers 23: 22. This verse is part of Balaam’s second oracle that he spoke to Balak the king of Moab...
Parable of the Sower Explained As A Progression
“Hear then the parable of the sower: ‘When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was...
How The Wilderness Experience Exorcises our Demons
“When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and finding none it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ 25 And when it comes,...
We Still Need Manna in the Wilderness
“But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at” Numbers 11: 6. The Israelites in the wilderness wanted to see the provision, the fulfillment...
Wilderness In the Bible: To Do You Good in the End
“When the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as he has promised you, and you say, ‘I will eat meat,’ because you crave meat, you may eat meat whenever you desire” Deuteronomy 12: 20. I love this verse...