Springs Gushing Forth In The Wilderness
(7 minutes)
Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days. The wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocuses. Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plain of Sharon. There the Lord will display his glory, the splendor of our God.
With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands, and encourage those who have weak knees. Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.”
And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf. The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy! Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the wasteland. The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land. Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived.
And a great road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness. Evil-minded people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways; fools will never walk there. Lions will not lurk along its course, nor any other ferocious beasts. There will be no other dangers. Only the redeemed will walk on it. Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness. (Isaiah 35:1-10 NLT)
"We're waiting on Him to come back to change things, and He's waiting on us to find out who we are and what we have. And we're still wondering if He loves us. 'I so loved the world that I gave my only begotten son,' and we've never really stopped to think that He loved us on that side of giving His son, we only thought we were loved because He gave His son. And we never stopped to read the words. 'I so loved the world,' that word 'world' is cosmos. Let me blow your mind here: maybe Elon Musk is not crazy for wanting to colonize Mars. If it's cosmos, does God waste His time making planets that you and I can't see with the naked eye. Be careful what you say is impossible or dumb." (Pastor Tim)
We're waiting on Jesus to come back, and Jesus is waiting on the restoration of all things. Let's read Acts 3:21 again:
For he [Jesus] must remain in heaven until the restoration of all things has taken place, fulfilling everything that God said long ago through his holy prophets. (Acts 3:21)
Fulfilling everything that God said long ago through his holy prophets, like Isaiah and what Isaiah saw in the scripture above. Until the wilderness and desert are rejoicing and singing with joy. Until Yahweh's people are living longer than trees and overwhelmed with escstatic joy. Until weariness and grief disappear. Until infants are no longer dying. Until springs are gushing forth in the dry places, until the barren places are bursting forth with abundant blossoms. The Passion Translation says these wilderness places will be dancing and singing with delight! And we've already established how this will happen. The wilderness will be able to sing and rejoice, because it will witness a song of rejoicing and joy in the beloved sons and daughters.
Jesus must remain in heaven until the restoration of all things, but we've been hoping for the destruction of all things and His triumphant return. The scripture is clear, when Jesus returns there will only be one enemy left to defeat, and that will be death itself (1 Corinthians 15:26). All of the other enemies will have been dealt with by Kingdom men, women, and children who know who they are and what they have.
Do you know who you are and what you have?
"Every promised land didn't start off as a promised land. We just got into the habit of looking for beautiful places when we were designed to make places beautiful." (Pastor Tim)
You carry the radiance of the Kingdom, and you're designed to light up every place you go. You have the same Holy Spirit living in you that raised Jesus from the dead. You carry Kingdom solutions that only you can usher into the world. The entire cosmos is just waiting on your authentic, divine identity to be revealed. The cosmos is waiting for you to wake up. Do you know who you are and what you have?
Beloved One, you an exact image of Yahweh. The wilderness is waiting for you and what you carry.
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