Coming Up From The Wilderness
Kriston Couchey
The Lord put on my heart to revisit this poem He gave me 8 years ago. This is the time for those coming up out of the wilderness to possess the land of promise. We are coming out of the wilderness and crossing over into the promised land leaning on our beloved.
Coming Up From The Wilderness
You go down thinking you came to get equipped
You come up knowing you just got stripped
You go down awed at those who claim to know God but just don't get it
You come up awed at how you claimed to know God and just didn't get it
You go down thinking you are the least of the apostles
You come out knowing you are the chief of sinners
You go down confident you are God's man for the job
You come up with no confidence at all in yourself
You go down saying, "I am different, and it will not take me long."
You come up saying "I thought it would never end!"
You go down angry with those who rejected you and the gift on your life
You come up offering up your life so that those same people are not destroyed
You go down thinking you are searching for God
You come up knowing He was seeking you
You go down preoccupied with the purity of doctrine
You come up preoccupied with the purity of holiness
You go down relishing the day you will prophesy like Elijah
You come up like Moses, convinced you are not qualified for the task
You go down fantasizing about the great wonders you will do among the multitudes
You come up preferring solitude with peace and quietness
You go down a praying man who knows what words to pray
You come up having lost the meaning of words since you learned to be silent before Him
You go down concerned about the matters of life and ministry
You come up knowing nothing matters but Him
You go down speaking, proclaiming, and calling forth your destiny
You come up grateful if you get to be a doorkeeper in the outer court
You go down always having the last word for those who oppose you
You come up unable to say anything except what you hear your Father saying
You go down looking for the promised land of rest
You come up knowing you finally found it in Him
You go down seeking miracles, power and ministry
You come up lost in Love, leaning upon your Beloved
In His Love
Kriston Couchey
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