THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING LOST AND BEING LED

"Then Moses led Israel  from the Red Sea, and they went out onto the wilderness"  (Exodus 15:22).

Many people who find themselves stuck in difficult situations often feel as if  they've become lost.  Somehow,  they've arrived in a wilderness where everything  has dried up and nothing seems to be growing.   Many of them have lived in this wilderness for so long that they have given up on  things changing and concluded that this must be all that God has in store for them.  On numerous occasions, they have attempted to change their situation, but all of their efforts have failed.  If this sounds like you, you may not be lost all all!  You may be squarely within the Will of God.  All dry places in life are not the result of been lost.   Sometimes, God uses dry places as as place of preparation.

In Exodus 3:8, when God met Moses at the burning bush, He told him that He was going to deliver His people from bondage and into a land flowing with " milk and honey".  Yet, we know when God delivered His people from bondage,  He led them directly into a "wilderness" where they spent 40 years.  We know that their wilderness experience had a purpose because the Bible tells us that there was a shorter route available that they could have taken and avoided the wilderness altogether.  Exodus 13:17 says, "God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near".

Whenever God leads you some where He has a purpose and a predestined place for you, even if the route is a long or dry one.

Often, your wilderness is the doorway to your promise.  At the initiation of Jesus's  public ministry, He was led into the wilderness first before He ever preached a sermon.  If you are in a wilderness right now,  remember what you learned while there because it will be necessary to sustain you in your Promised Land.  Don't faint or loose heart.  You may be at your door of promise and purpose.  You may not have being lost at all. You may have simply being led !

  

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"BUT SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL THESE THINGS  SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU".  Matthew 6: 33

IF YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT MATE PACKAGE WITH 

your name on it,  you may be surprised to discover that the Word of God has a lot to say on the subject of dating, courtship, and finding Mr. or Mrs. right. And if you are anxious or in a frenzy or frustrated about being married, you may have already started to look in the wrong places and open the wrong doors.

Don't settle! You don't want a spouse who isn't God's will for you.  What are you looking for?  God has a good plan for your life.   Don't look solely at the outside   (the packaging)!  Good  looks don't necessarily come with  a warranty for success and happiness!  Look at the character and integrity of a person.

This is how you are going to find your mate:  " Delight thyself also in the Lord : and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart" (Psalm 37:4).  You have to start by working on your desires.   When you delight in God, He is going to make your desires pure, He knows what you need much better than you do.

You have to stop seeking the idea of  the person you want as a mate -- and seek God. He has the perfect companion  for you, and He'll bring that person to you if you will be patient and delight yourself in Him. Whether of not it seems you've waited for a long time, it doesn't take God years and years to get someone to you.  He may bring your mate into your life today if you are sufficiently prepared to receive him or her and you are prepared to be "marriage material." You are ready when you are becoming the person that your ideal mate is praying about meeting.

When God is in a relationship, you know it. If you are a committed Christian, you'll also know it  when God isn't involved.  That girl or guy may appear fabulous on the outside, but if they're full of vinegar on the inside, any happiness you thought you'd found with this person will quickly subside.

Take an inventory of your relationships. Sort through and relinquish  the unhealthy  ones that diminish you in any way.  God specifically instructed in His Word that Christians are not to date unbelievers  (2 Corinthians 6: 14).  Pursue someone who has the same type of spiritual life and ministry that you desire.

If you will focus on God and His plan and trust Him to bring your life partner to you in His perfect timing, you'll spend the rest of your lives together being grateful for the fruit of patience and the gift of wisdom.