Wilderness

Isaiah 43:19 — 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.

Only in the wilderness

can I see the fullness

of my need

for food.

Only in the wilderness

can I realize the depths

of my dependence

on water.

In the wilderness

the object of my faith

is revealed,

the insulation of my self-reliance

is laid bare.

Until I am stripped

of my vices,

separated from my dependencies,

I will not know the sturdiness

of my soul.

With the sun beating down,

flesh burnt and lips parched,

alone in the wilderness,

I will worship the Lord

and be sustained by His presence.

Amen.