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When You’re In A Spiritual Wilderness
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When you’re in a Spiritual Wilderness Matthew 15:32-39We all go through wilderness experiences- the bible word for wilderness means solitude, desolate, isolated, scarce. There is a geography, psychology and theology to ‘the wilderness’Maybe it’s an event, or a season, an ongoing illness, or a season of spiritual emptinessWe all go through them at one time or the other- and God can do something in thereIntense things happen in the wilderness! There’s needs for water and food, danger, isolation, divine deliverance, but there’s renewal and encounters with God. Prayer, supplication, miraclesThroughout the Bible we see God do things in the wilderness to his people and individuals.So we see Jesus today- in the wilderness, surrounded by the multitude- and he performs another great miracle of the loaves and fishes Earlier it was 5000, now its 4000Two different regions- two different reasons- 5k region was jewish, 4k region was gentileJewish region of 5k- reminds of the Pentateuch, 12 baskets- 12 tribes, 12 disciplesGentile region of 4k 7 baskets collected- 7 is the number of completeness, 7 days of creation,There’s symbolism in the event- Jesus is declaring once again his messiahship, but also- letting the gentiles know that salvation will come to them as well- first for the Jew then the GentileBut its in the wilderness- and today- you may be in a wilderness- and this message will speak directly to you. And if you’re not- use this to minister to others, or file it away for yourself.
There is compassion in the wilderness15:32 Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude,All of the multitude follows Jesus into the wilderness, they are tired and hungry and Jesus has compassion on them- a feeling- an emotion about them and to them- a care for their situationAnd that’s the nature and character of Jesus- to have compassion on them- to help themJesus had emotions! He is not a distant savior who doesn’t sympathize with people in distressMatthew 9:36 He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary Luke 19:41 He saw the city and wept over it, Mark 8:2 “I have compassion on the multitude, Luke 7:13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”We serve a savior with emotions and compassion on people- he cares about our livesAnd as we read and see his compassion on this group of people, it should remind us of the compassion of God towards us in our wilderness- he has COMPASSION in the wildernessThis isn’t a new concept or idea- this is the nature and character of GodMicah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.God, rich in mercy- cares about his people- what is going on with us, what we are going through the details of our life-And here’s why it matters- because when you are in the wilderness- the Devil will torment you and try to get you to believe that God has lost compassion for you and has forgot about you as you are in that wilderness- that you truly are alone and isolated, that’s its scarce and scaryNow- sometimes we end up in a wilderness like these folks did for no other reason than following Jesus- sometimes it ends up that way- you follow you end up in the wildernessBut sometimes it’s a wilderness of our own decisions- our sinful natures, or just chanceAnd sometimes, you just end up there for no specific reason other than God allowed you thereBut this compassion in the wilderness is real- and a pathway to redemption-Have you ever been in a wilderness? You feel like your praises and prayers aren’t making it past the ceiling? You’re doing all the right things, you’re not steeped in sin, but you just don’t feel close to God? Things aren’t moving in your life? You’re just kind of stuck?I’ve had those in the past 20 years- even while pastoring this church- a sense of spiri...
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When you’re in a Spiritual Wilderness Matthew 15:32-39We all go through wilderness experiences- the bible word for wilderness means solitude, desolate, isolated, scarce. There is a geography, psychology and theology to ‘the wilderness’Maybe it’s an event, or a season, an ongoing illness, or a season of spiritual emptinessWe all go through them at one time or the other- and God can do something in thereIntense things happen in the wilderness! There’s needs for water and food, danger, isolation, divine deliverance, but there’s renewal and encounters with God. Prayer, supplication, miraclesThroughout the Bible we see God do things in the wilderness to his people and individuals.So we see Jesus today- in the wilderness, surrounded by the multitude- and he performs another great miracle of the loaves and fishes Earlier it was 5000, now its 4000Two different regions- two different reasons- 5k region was jewish, 4k region was gentileJewish region of 5k- reminds of the Pentateuch, 12 baskets- 12 tribes, 12 disciplesGentile region of 4k 7 baskets collected- 7 is the number of completeness, 7 days of creation,There’s symbolism in the event- Jesus is declaring once again his messiahship, but also- letting the gentiles know that salvation will come to them as well- first for the Jew then the GentileBut its in the wilderness- and today- you may be in a wilderness- and this message will speak directly to you. And if you’re not- use this to minister to others, or file it away for yourself.
There is compassion in the wilderness15:32 Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude,All of the multitude follows Jesus into the wilderness, they are tired and hungry and Jesus has compassion on them- a feeling- an emotion about them and to them- a care for their situationAnd that’s the nature and character of Jesus- to have compassion on them- to help themJesus had emotions! He is not a distant savior who doesn’t sympathize with people in distressMatthew 9:36 He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary Luke 19:41 He saw the city and wept over it, Mark 8:2 “I have compassion on the multitude, Luke 7:13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”We serve a savior with emotions and compassion on people- he cares about our livesAnd as we read and see his compassion on this group of people, it should remind us of the compassion of God towards us in our wilderness- he has COMPASSION in the wildernessThis isn’t a new concept or idea- this is the nature and character of GodMicah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.God, rich in mercy- cares about his people- what is going on with us, what we are going through the details of our life-And here’s why it matters- because when you are in the wilderness- the Devil will torment you and try to get you to believe that God has lost compassion for you and has forgot about you as you are in that wilderness- that you truly are alone and isolated, that’s its scarce and scaryNow- sometimes we end up in a wilderness like these folks did for no other reason than following Jesus- sometimes it ends up that way- you follow you end up in the wildernessBut sometimes it’s a wilderness of our own decisions- our sinful natures, or just chanceAnd sometimes, you just end up there for no specific reason other than God allowed you thereBut this compassion in the wilderness is real- and a pathway to redemption-Have you ever been in a wilderness? You feel like your praises and prayers aren’t making it past the ceiling? You’re doing all the right things, you’re not steeped in sin, but you just don’t feel close to God? Things aren’t moving in your life? You’re just kind of stuck?I’ve had those in the past 20 years- even while pastoring this church- a sense of spiri...