It depends on what you do when you are in the desert

I know it is a harsh environment with very stratospheric temperatures, many people get to wonder why they are in that situation, things seems not to be moving while they are trying their best to achieve their vision.


Difficulties sometimes make us take unusual road that seeks to question the existence of God. This questioning existed even from the time of creation.

When the Israelites; the chosen generation, on their way to the Promised Land of Canaan, they could not understand the plan and mercies of their God- towards humanity.

 In that regard, they questioned their leaders about the type of God that led them to the desert instead of the promised land, the God that makes them thirst and hungry along the way, they envied their days in Egypt where they  ate meat, but they forgot the suffering they endured; and that it was a foreign land not theirs.

During the time they reverted back to their agreed principles with God, they had enough of water and manner.

Some failed to make it to the Promised Land because of lack of belief in the vision and agreed principles. Not knowing that the desert was just a passage not a home.

This applies to all of us, what we do during the time of  difficulties determines our success, we all go through the desert, but if we remain focused, principled, goal oriented, definitely we will reach our promised land, by the way, challenges makes us think of innovative strategies.

Extracted from let's wait and see series







Misheck Gondo is a youth leader and an academic with University of Zimbabwe (U.Z)