For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
– Eph. 2:10
In his book How Starbucks Saved My Life, Michael Gates Gill tells how he was born into a wealthy family. Privilege followed.
A Yale graduate, Gill became an ad executive with a big salary. An affair ends his marriage. He is fired at 53.
Then diagnosed with a brain tumor, Gill hit bottom.
Mike Gill found himself wandering in a desert.
Stopping for a latte, he was asked if he would like a job.
Gill answered yes, and it changed his life.
As harsh, desolate, and draining as a desert can be, it can also be a place of great revival and communion if you are willing to listen and answer.
The Hebrew word for desert is midbaar, from the word dahbar, which means to speak.
In desert times, God speaks.
We all have times in the desert.
Jobs are lost. Marriages struggle.
Dreams get dashed. Plans get wrecked.
We must remember that God already has a purpose for us in these times. Even in the desert.
Never let a perfectly good desert go to waste.