FAITH CAPSULE: Challenges in the journey of life are the make up for growth in man’s life.

Deuteronomy 8
 
In life journey, nothing that happens to man is accidental before God. God alone sees all that man goes through in life journey. Going in the way of wilderness, is not a habitation, it is a passage.
The children of Israel, by virtue of disobedience, inability to wait on God, inability to let the past be in the past so the future could emerge in their life, and inability to focus on God for direction, lost track in the wilderness. The journey was to take them eleven days, but they journeyed for forty years. All that started the journey above the age of twenty did not get to the expected end except for Joshua and Caleb.
The way of wilderness that you are in is not to kill you, it is to heal you and get you to where you are going. Are you one that has been experiencing many challenges in your wilderness journey? If you will only let God take control, it shall come to light that the challenges are your make up for growth. Nothing is accidental for you as a child of God. Deuteronomy 8:2, “And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you will keep His commandments or not.” Today, trust God as the only God that will always remember with favor and always visit with salvation. You are not alone in your journey to the promise land, to the place where He wants to place you for His glory.
In the way of wilderness, one that lose focus, will gain the spirit of complain and giving attention to the life in the past will easily contaminate one’s present. Complaining is what leads to rebellion against the people whom God has put in place in your life as a shepherd just like when Korah led rebellion against Moses and Aaron. (Numbers 16:1-35) God has positioned help for all in the wilderness journey; abstain from looking back like Lot’s wife. Lots wife looked back violating the God’s command for her deliverance and she became a pillar of salt. (Genesis 19) Allow God to be in charge, pay attention to the word of God in Philippians 4:19, “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Focus on where you are going. Where you are now is your building process. Believe that God is with you and He shall see you through if you are focused on Him.

Prayer for today: Ask for God’s light and truth to lead you and bring you to God’s Promised Land for Your life.