What Brings You Here?
The Wilderness is a Place for Preparation
In The Wilderness Series
Exodus 3:1-10
Moses
"Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt." Vs. 10
Moses Went to the Wilderness to Flee
God Used the Wilderness to Prepare Him for Leadership
John The Baptist
“In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: "The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.’ And John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?” Matthew 3:1-7
John the Baptist Went to the Wilderness to Filter His Hearers
And Used the Wilderness to Help Others Establish Their Relationship with God
Paul
“But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went to Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.” Galatians 1:15-17
Paul Went to the Wilderness to Focus
And the Wilderness was the Place of His Training in Discipleship
Jesus
“So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.” Luke 5:16