What do you think of when you hear the word “wasteland”? Probably images of vast stretches of arid land, tumbleweeds blowing randomly in the wind. To be wandering in a wasteland is to be lost, desperately lost in a forlorn wilderness with little hope of finding a way out.
Life has its wastelands. Periods in which we find ourselves wanting something or someone, certain that whatever we want will make us whole. Yet the harder we try to acquire what we desire, the more we sink into a sea of lostness. We lose our reference points. We feel a distance from other people, from God, even from ourselves.
The Israelites of the Exodus left Egypt with such high hopes and spectacular dreams only to find themselves wandering in a wasteland of unsatisfying pleasure, envy, and fear. It took 40 years to find their way out of this wasteland, but it was a necessary 40 years, a time of molding discipline which left an indelible mark on the succeeding generation.
Wastelands can either destroy us spiritually or become opportunities for renewal and recommitment. Are you in a wasteland, unsure where you’re headed? Join us for our Sunday morning worship service. Finding the way out of our wasteland makes the time spent there worthwhile.
Sunday Morning Worship Service – 10:00 am