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What’s Really Going On? Recognizing Your Wilderness Season
God isn’t punishing you—He’s preparing you. Let’s break down what the Bible says about the wilderness and how to recognize when you’re in one.
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✦ Wilderness = Growth Zone
The wilderness is a spiritual bootcamp. It feels dry and hard, but it’s a place where God is shaping you, testing your heart, and growing your dependence on Him. -
✦ The Israelites’ Journey
Their 40-year detour after Egypt wasn’t pointless. It was a time of testing and provision, even when it felt like nothing made sense. -
✦ Jesus In The Desert
-Before Jesus launched His ministry, He faced the devil in the wilderness for 40 days. It wasn’t punishment—it was preparation. -
✦ My Personal Wilderness Season
From health issues and financial stress to relational drama and spiritual attacks—it felt like everything hit at once. But now I can see it was God refining and strengthening me. -
✦ Why This Season Isn’t Wasted
When we stop grumbling and start asking, “God, what are You teaching me?”—everything shifts.
Practical Takeaways: How To Navigate Your Wilderness With Faith
- ✦ Lean On Scripture Like Jesus Did Jesus fought back with the Word—so should you. Meditate on it, memorize it, let it shape your thoughts.
- ✦ Look For God’s Daily Provision It may not look flashy (hello, $50 check!), but He’s still showing up. Keep a gratitude journal to track the little miracles.
- ✦ Speak Truth Over Fear When everything feels overwhelming, declare: “God, You are good. I trust You.” Say it out loud if you have to.
- ✦ Let the Season Refine You Ask, “What are You preparing me for, Lord?” Growth often looks like struggle before it becomes strength.
- ✦ Stop Trying To Rush It You can’t skip the wilderness. But grumbling can stretch it out. Choose faith and trust instead.
Scriptures Mentioned in This Episode
Deuteronomy 8:2-5 (NIV)
“Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord. Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years. Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.”
Exodus 16:4-5 (NIV)
“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.’”
Matthew 4:1-4 (NIV)
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, ‘If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.’ Jesus answered, ‘It is written: “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”’”
Hosea 2:14-15 (NIV)
“Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she will respond as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.”
Psalm 107:4-7 (NIV)
“Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He led them by a straight way to a city where they could settle.”
Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)
“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
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