Spiritual WildernessShembull

Not only can we overcome our wilderness experiences, but also we can shorten them by the way we respond. Whenever we can’t control what happens around us, we must not fret about it. Instead, we need to control the only thing we can control, which is our response. 

When we can’t control our circumstances, we can control our confession, attitude and response. How we react in the spiritual wilderness will determine how long we will stay there. 

Israel’s wilderness time was not supposed to be forty years, but it was extended only because of their reaction to potential problems in the promised land. 

Complaining prolongs your spiritual wilderness; confessing God’s Word shrinks it. Compare Jesus with Israel. His wilderness time lasted only forty days, not forty years. What did Jesus do in the wilderness? Well, He did not complain, He confessed God’s Word. 

We usually don’t get to dominion right after deliverance without passing through a spiritual wilderness. We must learn to confess God’s Word while in the wilderness in order to see our wilderness come to an end. After Jesus spoke the Word in the wilderness, that period of temptation ended, and He entered into ministry in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Confess God’s word, not your feelings.