In the desert?

Here's a thought for you: Just because good things may happen in the desert, it doesn't mean that's where you're supposed to be.

The fact that miracles happened for Israel while they wandered around the desert for 40 years does not indicate that the desert was God's plan for them. God provided food for them from heaven and water from a rock. It still didn't mean that they were "supposed" to be in the desert. That was just God's mercy for his kids.

God's plan for them, and you, was the promised land. It would require faith in action, sacrifice, moving into the unknown. It would take work and commitment and dedication to achieve the goal that God had set for them.

Don't mistake "good things happening" for God's approval on your current location or mode of conduct. Is God calling you out? Is He calling you to move forward?

The kingdom of God needs innovators, not laggards. If we aren't willing to stand up, step out, and move forward into God's plan for us, we are destined to wander around in the desert until enough of us have died off that the younger generation can lead our churches and our communities into God's full purpose and blessings.

Just a thought. What do you think?
Johnny