Deuteronomy 8:2,3 tells us the desert trains and sharpens our spiritual hearing, making us acutely accurate in perceiving God's voice. Hosea 2:14 says God "speaks tenderly" in the desert, and Psalm 29:8 says "the voice of the Lord shakes the desert". Luke 3:2 shows us how prophetic messages come to the prophet in the desert. God loves to open up and talk in deserts! Consequently, we learn how to hear Him.You see, in the desert key blockages to perceiving God are dealt with and removed. Loud negative emotions are faced, resolved, and silenced. Competing dreams are shattered, leaving us blank and receptive to God's dream. Comfortable patterns are disrupted, exposing misleading voices that spring from routine. Anytime our soul and body are afflicted by lack, our spirit rises to attain the voice of God to sustain our total being. During extended or repetitive deserts, the Christian becomes keen in perceiving divine communications and movements. Since correct spiritual perception is the essence of prophetic ministry, God will bake His prophets in deserts until their perceptive blockages are melted, until prophetic purity with no mix is reached.
Junior Desouza Ministries
