Coming Up From The Religious Wilderness - Kriston Couchey

Coming Up From The Wilderness


Kriston Couchey


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 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