I read this book a while back but it really tied into the bible study that my son and I our doing. So we did it as a read aloud together - just so we could discuss it as we read.
The whole book is really very, very good. Still I found this passage speaking to me:
p. 118 - 119
"What had the desert years accomplished? When Israel was finally about to leave the desert, Moses told the nation that God had allowed that experience to happen for an important reason: to test and reshape each person from the inside out.
The bottom line of every test in the WasteLand is this: When God seems absent and everything is going wrong, will you still trust God enough to patiently allow him to prepare you for what's ahead?
I've noticed that the bigger the Dream, the longer the time of preparation. Joseph spent years honing his leadership skills in prison (even though he was innocent) before he rose to rule all of Egypt."
I found that really something to think about. Most of us wouldn't view time in the WasteLand as a good thing but it is being done to develop our character - our spiritual character - so that when we have that chance to serve God, to carry out our 'big dream' we can do it well. We will have been honed to a perfection that only God can achieve so that we will have the strength and the wherewithal to be able to withstand the coming fight and win against the Giants.
Isn't that a fabulous perspective!! We should be thankful for our time of trial, thankful for our time in the WasteLand (as he calls it). Our time served is for our benefit and to bring God the glory.
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