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Exodus 13:17-22, Mark 1:1-20

Wilderness is a passage where the enemy has planted all kinds of mine to derail the transportation that will bring transformation to the life of all believers. Also, it is a passage that cannot be avoided. The children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel passed through it to get to their promised land. Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith could not enter into His full assignment on earth until He was led into the wilderness. When the children of Israel were coming out into the journey from the bondage of Egypt, the best and most available route for the children of Israel was through the wilderness. The fact the Lord led them through the wilderness was evident that it was the best available route (Exodus 13:17-18). The wilderness was the best available route and yet it appeared the worst and the most challenging to the children of Israel. The journey through the wilderness is the way that will carry you through to where God has a plan for you. In your journey, it could be that you are yet to face challenges or you are already facing challenges. Do not complain, turn your face to the grace and mercy of God that will carry you through. Jesus went through the wilderness. Mark 1:12, ÒImmediately the spirit drove Him into the wilderness. 13 And He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the beasts; and the angel ministered to Him.Ó Jesus went through the wilderness because He knew that we would have to go through it. JesusÕ going through the wilderness was to leave behind a foot step for each and every one that answered His call to follow through. The same wild beasts are still there but the good news is that the ministering angels that saw Jesus through are waiting to see us through.