Before the Lord will bless you, He works a change in your life that prepares or transforms your character so that God can be the ruler of your life. Focus on Him and who He is, and you will find that in the presence of the Lord, you will be changed and be blessed.

God will confront you with who you truly are and the sins in your life that you are hanging onto. Christian, come clean with God, surrender to Him and you will be refreshed. He then will be able to give you the blessing that he has planned just for you.

Jesus will work in you, altering you, touching and changing you, so that you will not have any self-confidence. Instead, focus on Him and His grace, for He is the one that will get you through and in the end bless you. Hang-on, don’t give up, let Him continue His work in you.

Before the Lord can bless you, He may require a change in your heart. The Lord will move and work in you, isolating you from others in order to develop within you character that grows you to be more Christ-like. In that place you will learn to depend on Him.

You went into the wilderness in your own power, but as the Lord Jesus works on you there, He strips away the worthless things on which you have leaned, so that He can create an instrument for His purpose. You find that as you leave the wilderness you come out leaning on the Lord’s breast strengthened by the heartbeat of your Master.

We as children of God should be “becoming” more and more like Jesus Christ. Our love for Him will show as we imitate Him with our lives.

Sometimes, the Lord leads you into the wilderness so that He can do a new thing in your life. He wants to bring a fresh encounter with Him, filling you with His Holy Spirit. Don’t question Him, but just begin to worship and He will give you a song in that time. As you come out of the wilderness your attitude is changed and you are filled with His power for you will find that He was there with you the entire time.

The wilderness times of life are difficult, but in them, God has a plan. He is working on you, sanctifying you, by separating you from the world and speaking to you so that you will come out of the wilderness more like Him.

When Jesus is the One leading you, and you follow in obedience, then you are able to go through any experience or wilderness that He brings you to. He will give you a word from His Word that will strength and empower you to face the difficulties there. For He is there with you guiding and teaching you so that you can come out the other side more like Him.

When I see Jesus for who He is, then the impurities of my own heart are brought to light and I can see the divisions in my own heart. One glimpse of Him will give me a greater vision of who God is and He will change me to be more like Him.