In that valley of the shadow of death, the Lord walked me through it and for 10 years had me learning of Him and Him alone. 8 hours a day just me and my bible, learning about the heart of God, learning the ways of God, obeying the voice of God. Oh the testimonies from this time are too many to count. It was a wilderness I was invited into and it was hard, but it changed my life forever again. Then the day came when I was invited to cross my Jordan into the promised land, and to Tennessee I moved.
The promised land is a land of of milk and honey, it is a land of community in a way I have never known before, it a land of giants I have never seen before and it is a land of manifestations like I have never seen before. I have been through too many transitions to think this is the end, for our God is eternal, but what I do know, is that many people pursue ministry and I did as well, but the wilderness teaches us to pursue a man. Once we learn the pursuit of a man, not a ministry, not a calling, not a destiny, not a dream, but a man, we can say with the David in Psalm 65 “How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You To dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.” And we can sing from our heart in spirit and truth, “Your all I want, Your all I ever needed!”
I have seen a lot, I have heard a lot, I have experienced a lot, but the one thing that I desire, the one thing I seek, is to be with this man, Jesus the Christ, for nothing, I mean there is nothing else I desire but Him and His presence. He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek Him and the reward is Him. He is the reward!
Lisa Great 