Water In Your Wilderness

Water In Your Wilderness

A POOL IN A WILDERNESS

I will open rivers in desolate heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. Isaiah 41:18

To ‘open’ is to begin or initiate a process. God is able to initiate a new process of blessing in our lives even when our current situation looks dry and desolate. He causes rivers to flow into our lives when we feel dry, alone and abandoned.

Rivers stand for:

▪Life

▪Refreshment

▪Newness

The river in the desert is not the end product of what God wants to do but the beginning. God brings rivers into the desolate places as the first step in turning around the situation we are in.

When He initiates the process of blessing in our lives, He sustains it and completes it. The river of God in the wilderness will be sustained and will produce a pool in the wilderness. Pools form in the wilderness after the dry ground has soaked up the initial water flow; the water continues to flow till the ground is so saturated with water, it creates a pool. God will not start a process He cannot sustain; neither will He start a process and not end it.

He also promises to release fountains in the valley. Valleys represent those moments in our lives when we feel ‘low’ or ‘down.’ Valleys also represent seasons in our lives when we feel depressed and incapable of rising to do the things we want to do. In such moments, we can trust the Lord to release fountains of life, newness and freshness into our hearts. Yes, even in the desert, God’s love reaches out to us and renews us.

Prayer: Agree with God’s word and confess that the Lord will cause every desert place in your life to blossom and cause to break forth in joy and dancing.

Scriptural Reading: Isaiah 41:17-20

17 “The poor and needy seek water, but there is none, Their tongues fail for thirst. I, the Lord, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

18 I will open rivers in desolate heights, And fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, And the dry land springs of water.

19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, The myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine And the box tree together,

20 That they may see and know, And consider and understand together, That the hand of the Lord has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

NKJV

Water In Your Wilderness