#101 // Are you in a wilderness season right now? When you find yourself in a "wilderness season," what do you think that means? What does it mean about you? About God? About your circumstances or the people around you? What does experiencing a wilderness season mean to your future and your ability to reach your dreams?
According to many of the women I've spoken with over the last few years about experiencing a wilderness season, most have said things like -- "Something must be wrong with me or how I'm doing things. I must be out of order. Or maybe it's that I just can't hear God. Maybe I did something wrong and that's why I can't hear him! Or I'm not trying hard enough? Oh, this is bad! I can't figure this out. I keep trying to find a way out of here, but I keep finding myself right back at this same spot. Maybe I'll never get out. Maybe this is the best it'll ever be. Maybe I should just decide to settle right here. Yeah, it's whatever." Do you hear yourself anywhere in this thought progression?
Here's the truth: God has placed purpose right in the midst of a wilderness season. And just as the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness, there are times when He will lead you into a wilderness season, just the same. But if you do not know that there is purpose and development and upgrade there for you in that seemingly dry place, you'll start to doubt. And then you'll try to figure out how to escape a thing that God has designed to prosper you in the end. All the while, spinning your wheels, stressing out and then burning out. But that's not your portion.
In this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast, I'm going to be sharing with you the telltale signs of being "stuck" in a wilderness season for too long, what the purpose of the wilderness season is, the three phases you'll go through in this season, the upgrades available to you in each, how to navigate each phase to get the most out of them, and -- ultimately -- how to trust God to lead you to the exit door at just the right time, so you can come out in power. Just like Jesus did!
Are you ready to jump into this? I truly believe this twenty minutes could change your life if you came to the table hungry. So grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!
The Wilderness Study starts Monday, October 3rd. Want to join us? For more details and to register, head over to jesusgirlgang.com/WildernessStudy.
