The Dryness Test

Once a month, I have the privilege of meeting w/ 4 young leaders who are future world changers at Next Level Church. Well, today was that day & I challenged them w/ the Dryness test in Exodus 17.

After the children of Israel are led out of Egypt (A Season of The Miraculous) they are faced w/ a water shortage (A Season of Dryness). Seasons of Dryness are normal & should be expected. Unfortunately, most of us, most of the time, never see it coming & therefore get blind-sided by it.

Learning to expect & then knowing how to navigate through them is essential to serving God long-term. Verse 5 tells us how:

1. Get alone w/ God. Nothing can take the place of that.

2. Don't Isolate. Isolation is the trick of the devil to get us to compromise. Nothing can substitute for for accountability. God told Moses to take the Elders w/ him.

3. Remember what God has done in the past. God told Moses to take his staff along w/ him. His staff was a powerful reminder of what God had done for Moses in the past.

4. Strike the Rock. Go boldly before the Lord & expect the water to flow.

Dry Seasons are inevitable. Allowing them to crush us, is not.