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For many of us, there's something we wish we'd been doing all along to prepare for what is happening now. Whatever lessons we’re learning, now is the time to start putting them into practice.
There is a season for everything, including the desert experiences of life. When we are in the desert, all we can think about is getting out. And once we’ve made it out, how quickly we forget whom we needed most.
Deserts are dry, barren, and desolate places. A literal desert can be completely uninhabitable. A figurative desert in life can be even worse. When we find ourselves in a life desert, all we want to do is get out. But what if God is trying to do something in us first?
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It feels like so much in our lives has changed in the last few weeks. What would God have us do about our losses?
We avoid things we don’t like. But sometimes things come our way that we can’t avoid. When our circumstances deteriorate, what do we do when there’s nothing we can do?
Christians have never believed in a God who doesn’t allow bad things to happen to good people. Christians believe the worst possible thing happened to the best possible person.
When Jesus died, hope died along with him. No one was planning to keep this new movement going because, after all, it seemed Jesus wasn’t who he had claimed to be. Immediately following the crucifixion, there were no Christians because there was no Christ. But then something happened.
We all have embarrassing moments we can laugh about—later. There are shameful moments that we would give anything to undo. But while our pasts remind us, they don’t have to define us.
Many times, our faith deteriorates as our circumstances deteriorate. When that happens, our faith is quickly overcome by fear, and the future looks dark. The apostle Peter experienced this, and he temporarily fled his faith in Jesus.