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He leads me through...

"Where is the Lord that brought us up out of the land of Egypt that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through and where no man dwelt."  Jeremiah 2:6

He did not deliver them out...He led them through.  He did not deliver Shadrach or Daniel or Elijah or Hagar....He led them through the fire, den and wilderness.  He is the same to a thousand generations...what He has done....He will do!  His name is alpha and omega, He is the same in the end as He was in the beginning.  If He led them, then He is leading us!

He led them through the wilderness, desert, pits, drought and the shadow of death.  A wilderness is a dry, riverless region where no water is.  A desert is a waste land, desolate or uncultivated land.  A pit is a deep place either natural or man-made. A drought is a solitary place or an arid patch.  A shadow of death is a place of calamity.  When I looked at these words today, they explain places I have walked with Him.  I have been through places that seemed there was no river to drink from...a desolate place....a solitary place....a place of calamity where there was no one to help me but Him.  I have passed through pits some were just every day natural pits to destroy me and some were man-made trying to turn me in another direction from the will of God.  I can say that through all these places I have walked through, He has walked with me!  His word is true that He will never leave nor forsake me!

Then we must read on to Jeremiah 2:7 that says, "And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof..."  If He led them through to a plentiful country to eat the fruit of the land....then we are also His children and He is leading us through every riverless region, every desolate wasteland, every man made pit, every solitary place and every calamity into a fruitful, plentiful country!  They were passing through natural deserts to natural fruitful countries, but we are passing through spiritual deserts into a spiritual fruitful place.  At the end of our desert is a visitation of His presence.  We fought our way through looking for that visitation....He has led us through victorious....now we have an oasis waiting for us!  He has led us through!

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