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Here in the scripture Isaiah describes the ministry of John the Baptist, who was the forerunner for and prepared the way for glory of the Messiah to be revealed ON the earth.  Now God wants us to prepare the way, so that His glory can be revealed IN the earth.  John was one voice placed in the wilderness that cried “Prepare the way of the Lord”.  Many of us, like John have been placed in a wilderness.  Don’t get upset or dismayed.  In order to produce a voice it requires the solitude and forsakenness of the wilderness.  The wilderness is a place of aloneness, of imposed confinement, of personal inconvenience, of social persecution, of unfriendly surroundings.  It is the place where God meets with chosen people. Think about Moses, Elijah, Elisha and Jesus, all of these people were placed or “led” to the wilderness.  Many times God leads us into the wilderness to equip us with a voice for this generation, not an echo of what someone else said or what we have heard, but to speak as a sounding board for God.  In the wilderness He will give us a message that will prepare His people for His glory.  The wilderness is the place where God gives us a message that is formed from life experiences with Him rather than library experiences. 

Have you ever had an appointment or something that you needed to remember to do?  When I was younger, before anyone ever thought that you could have a handheld office assistant, people would tie a string around their finger to remind them that something important needed to be done.  It was a reminder to them, so that when they looked at the string it would trigger a memory of something important.

We have been given an appointment with God and the vision and promises that He has placed in us.   Many of our promises have yet to see come to pass and our appointments seem a long way off.  Along the way we may have forgotten what God told us about us or the devil may have told us that it won’t happen for us or through us.  It may seem like the vision, appointments or promises will never come and your season of waiting is long.  HAVE YOU WRITTEN THE PROMISES DOWN?  If so, go back and remind yourself what God has said to you.    If not, what do you have that will remind you of what God has shown and/or told you? 

John, the revelator, had a vision of the New Jerusalem, he was ordered to write it.  He wrote it not only for himself, but for those who would come after him so they could see what God had promised.  Now it is up to us to wait for the accomplishment of the vision.  "The vision is yet for an appointed time".  The bible says there is a time and season for everything under the sun and that includes our visions, our appointments and our promises.  But we must hold fast to the profession of our faith, without wavering or doubting.  There is an appointed or fixed time, and although the vision is delayed it hasn't been denied and it will SURELY come.