[00:00:00] Welcome to Faith in Focus from the Book of Mysteries by Jonathan Cahn. Desert Rains There had been several rains in recent days, mostly during the night. The most recent night was no exception, but in the morning the sun came out and the teacher invited me to join him on a hike through the desert, which I did. He brought me to a mountain ridge that overlooked a vast expanse of valleys, hills, and other
[00:00:29] mountains. Dessert Rains Do you remember this? he asked. I've brought you here before. But it looks completely different now, I replied. What's different? When we were last here, I said, except for a few scattered desert plants, it was dry and barren, but now the valleys are green, the hills are green, and there are plants everywhere, and over there. That was a dry riverbed. Now it's a river.
[00:00:59] It's kind of miraculous. It is, said the teacher. It's what happens when the rain comes to the desert. And so God gave the prophet Isaiah this word. The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
[00:01:27] There shall be grass with reeds and rushes. It's a prophecy of what would happen when the Jewish people returned to the land of Israel. The barren land would blossom, and that's exactly what happened. When Israel came back to the land, it was almost entirely barren. But then the barren land blossomed as a rose. Like this desert, I replied. Do you know why this desert blossomed so quickly?
[00:01:55] Because it was all there waiting to blossom. The seeds, the dry riverbeds, the potential was there waiting. Remember what you see here. It's a picture of redemption. The barren wilderness represents our lives without God. And the rain is His Spirit, and the outpouring of His love and grace upon our lives. And the blossoming of this wilderness tells us this. It doesn't matter how barren our lives have become,
[00:02:23] or how hopeless any situation in our lives has become. How dry and lifeless. All it takes are the rains of heaven, and that which is dormant, and that which is dead, and that which is hopeless, will blossom again. And the seeds that He planted will spring up, and our valleys will again be covered with green, and the dry and barren places of our lives will again flow with life.
[00:02:51] You see, the most lifeless of deserts is but a miracle waiting to happen under the outpouring of the desert rains. The mission. Your entire life is as a desert waiting for the desert rains, then it blossoms, flows, and produces miracles. Seek today the desert rains. Isaiah 35, 1-2 The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them,
[00:03:19] and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. Isaiah 35, 6-7 Then shall the lame man leap as an heart, and the tongue of the dumb sing.
[00:03:49] For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. In the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. Isaiah 43, 19 Behold, I will do a new thing. Now it shall spring forth. Shall ye not know it?
[00:04:18] I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 44, 3-4 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. 4 And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. The Arabah
[00:04:47] Thank you for joining me on Faith in Focus. Remember, these insights are inspired by Jonathan Cahn's The Book of Mysteries. Until next time, may you find strength in the revelation of his love. The Book of Mysteries The New Yorker