A place to hear
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:51 pm
The wilderness - such a place of terror, but also, as pointed out by Laniak, a place of renewal. Is it any surprise that the root word for wilderness, midbar, means "word" in Hebrew? Amid the barrenness of the dessert that implies death, it is a place for life for many beings. For us humans, the dessert can also be a place for life; a place to hear God's life-giving voice.
Is it any wonder Isaiah points out in 40:3 that the voice to prepare the way for the coming of the Savior comes from the wilderness?
Whatever spiritual wilderness I may encounter in life, may I always look at it from the perspective of a place to hear, a place where God is speaking something to me. All I need to do is not resent the barrenness of the land. but instead, to take the time to quiet my heart and listen.
Is it any wonder Isaiah points out in 40:3 that the voice to prepare the way for the coming of the Savior comes from the wilderness?
Whatever spiritual wilderness I may encounter in life, may I always look at it from the perspective of a place to hear, a place where God is speaking something to me. All I need to do is not resent the barrenness of the land. but instead, to take the time to quiet my heart and listen.