"I WILL ALLURE HER ... INTO THE WILDERNESS"
“I WILL ALLURE HER ... INTO THE WILDERNESS”
“Behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for [p. 59] a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt”. It is very interesting and encouraging to remember all the way the blessed God has led you; so that eventually you shall sing in all the fervour of first love. I have learned this practically. For many years I asked the Lord that I might serve Him, at length I was brought into the wilderness. The world is a wilderness to you when you enjoy Christ in glory. Sorrow and disappointment do not make the world a wilderness to you.
‘’Tis the treasure I’ve found in His love
That has made me a pilgrim below.’ (139:5)
When I know Him in the holiest, as my resource in the presence of God, I am as one out of my element in this world, it is a dry and barren land to me, where no water is, but He sustains me to do His pleasure here. I may add for your encouragement, that now, through the unaccountable goodness of God, I have more joy of heart than in my brightest day. The sense of His favour is better than life itself. Be assured that the highest and brightest desire of your heart will be more than fulfilled, but it will be in the wilderness that He will “speak comfortably” to you, and then He will be more to you than your heart could ever have desired.
May this greatest blessing be yours, so that you may enjoy His favour with unhindered delight.