Is Walking in the Wilderness a Choice? Part 2
Is Walking in the
Wilderness a Choice?
Deut.
8:2-6
II. By way of the
wilderness.
A. Humility
does not come naturally to us.
1. Humility
is the ability to see ourselves as God sees
us.
B. God puts us in
the wilderness until we want the Promised Land enough to fight for
it.
C. God leads
us in the wilderness.
D. It is not
God who forgets, it's us.
E. Humility breeds
contempt.
III. O Let me ne"er
forget.
A. The journey to
the land of promise should have taken eleven days, but it took them
forty years.
1.
Prosperity can lead to pride.
2.
Pride can lead to a sense of power.
3.
Power is blind to the One who provides.
B. When we
forget, we lose our sense of wonder and
gratitude.
C. Sufferings
have their purpose.
1. They drive us to desparation and
prayer.
IV. Don't make a wasteland out of a wilderness.
A. God uses the wilderness as a
learning lab.
B. The wilderness is a place and time
ordained by God.
C. Ruth Graham said four things make
trials better:
1. When I know
who is in control.
2. When I know
I'm not alone in my suffering.
3. When I know
the purpose of God is behind it.
4. I become
more compassionate with and understanding of others.
D. Every time you see a person used by God,
you see someone who has had to unlearn self and learn
Christ.
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