Daily Devotional
Good Morning Everyone!
"See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."
Isaiah 43:19
Have you ever stared at old
photos "memories" feature and felt a pang in your heart? Looking at my phone seeing a photo of family members that past away a few years ago, it popped up on mine this morning. Before everything changed. Before life took that sharp turn I never saw coming.
We all have these wilderness seasons. The job loss that left you stranded. The relationship that crumbled. The diagnosis that changed everything. The moments where you look around and wonder, "How did I end up here?"
But here's what changes everything: your wilderness isn't just empty space.
Think about it. Moses spent forty years in desert obscurity before the burning bush. Joseph had a prison cell before a palace. David had caves before a throne. What looked like wasteland was actually where God was preparing something new.
The wilderness may not be the problem. Sometimes it's our perception that needs to change.
God's "new things" rarely announce themselves with fanfare. Like seeds pushing through concrete, they emerge quietly until one day you realize—something has shifted inside you.
That barren place in your life? Underground streams are already flowing there. Even in our deepest pain, God is present—making a way where there seems to be none.
Father God, sometimes we focus so much on what was or what could be that we miss what You’re doing right here and now. Forgive us for mistaking Your silence for absence. Open our eyes to see the small sprouts of hope You're growing in our wilderness.
When we’re tempted to just endure this season, help us engage with it instead. Show us the purpose in this path. Transform our waiting into worship, our confusion into curiosity about what You're creating.
Thank You for making streams in our wasteland places, even when we can't yet see them flowing. We pray
In Jesus' name, Amen