A ‘Desert’ is definitely not a place anyone would chose to be. It is hard, dry, dark, painful, hurtful and sorrowful. It is abandoned and aborted. Nobody wants it. Inevitably, we all go through it. But mystically, it is the spiritual garden of Eden where GOD first made man in His own image. I call […]

Life in the Desert – 1 — Joseph Suhas

A ‘Desert’ is definitely not a place anyone would chose to be. It is hard, dry, dark, painful, hurtful and sorrowful. It is abandoned and aborted. Nobody wants it. Inevitably, we all go through it. But mystically, it is the spiritual garden of Eden where GOD first made man in His own image. I call it ‘God’s floor shop’. It is the place where man gives up and GOD takes in.

It is where man’s brokenness is replaced by God’s blessedness. It is where the fallen seed dies and brings forth another life. It is where death to self is the beginning of Life in GOD. Therefore, God will let us into a season of wilderness for the better making.

‘It is normal for GOD to plan the seasons of desert in the lives of His servants’

‘The Holy spirit leads us into the desert and out of the desert at the Father’s appointed time’.

Mat 4:1 “…then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert”.

At certain times and places GOD will build a mysterious wall around us. He will take away all the support we customarily lean upon and will remove our ordinary ways of doing things. God draws us close to something divine, completely new and unexpected that cannot be understood by examining our previous circumstances. We will be put in a place where we do not know what is happening, where GOD is cutting the cloth of our lives by a new pattern and thus He causes us to look unto HIM and all we know is GOD is holding us and when HE is dealing our lives our expectations comes from Him alone. There are some lessons that can be learned only in the desert.
Desert experiences serve as times of preparation for GOD’s future purpose. Jesus was led by the spirit into the wilderness and when He came out, He was full of the Holy Spirit. God uses the desert around us to bring forth the streams of living waters from within us. If you are led by God into the wilderness, you’ll be full of God when you’re out of wilderness.

• Joseph Suhas
  Voice of Restoration Ministries

Jules verne a French author writes: “The Great Architect of the universe built it of good firm stuff.”

For generations intellectuals reasoned, analysed, pondered and wondered of a vast universe set up in perfect motion. The delicate detailed design; the math, the force, the orbits, and required motion is simply extraordinary. Held by a great power, the planets and their orbitals so carefully aligned, oriented and perfected in every way and every moment so much that a bit of off track will lead to devastation. Everything is swung in the air since millions of years and it still functions perfectly as if it’s timed and monitored. what could explain this magnificient unfathomable phenomenal sync and mystery if it is not the hand of God and His power?

“Look up into the heavens. Who created all the stars? He brings them out like an army, one after another, calling each by its name. Because of his great power and incomparable strength, not a single one is missing..” Isaiah 40:26-27.

Our life also is designed to be as such;  to function perfectly in the presence of God. To revolve around the will of God through His power & in His presence. The moment we get off his presence and lose his touch, we mess up. All that is related to us, all the matter concerning us, all the relationships and events designed and assigned goes off the track. That’s why very often we struggle managing things around us. That’s where the flaw is. That’s where the secret is!

It’s His presence that holds all things together. It monitors and maintains the way it is designed in the order of perfection; the way it is planned and purposed by God where Jesus becomes the center of our lives and we orient around Him. Every failing and falling, warding off things, events and incidents in our lives comes under control the moment HIS presence takes over. He has the power to slow down and fasten any incident happening in our lives. No matter how far we’ve travelled wrong, how worst we’ve messed up, how deep we’ve reached the impossibilities, the power of God can change everything, turn them all upside down, control and align them back to its place. His power carries the peace and it takes us into doing HIS will. The Time is in His hands. Every delay in your life is fastened the moment His presence dawns. Times are changed in His presence. His presence can change lives and destiny forever! Stay where you are meant to be – in  His presence. We are designed the best that way!

– Joseph Suhas

Heaven’s Voice Of Restoration.

“Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark….” John 20: 1

It was in the air, Jesus Christ was crucified. The news ran across nation and shook the faith and belief of many in and around the vicinity of Jerusalem. Many had believed Jesus and had put their hopes in Him but invain. Their hopes were shattered. The curtains fell over and that was the end of it!

Three days later, When it was still dark and while the sun stood hiding; Mary Magdalene, a beloved devote of Jesus, ran to the tomb.
A few days ago, this very Mary ran towards Jesus while He was coming to meet them and Jesus raised her brother Lazarus.
And now she runs with the SAME LOVE but to the dead Jesus who would do no good thing to her.

What would you get by going to a dead Jesus? All hopes shattered, all dreams gone by, all that was built had been trampled.

And when all of Jerusalem were still mourning, and doors still shut; Mary woke up early. Her love for the Lord was matchless. It didnt die with Jesus. She reached Him even when He was gone. She ran to the tomb to see Jesus, O yes, a dead Jesus! That was the undying love she had for her Lord.

Today, Jesus is not in the tomb, He is not dead but risen. Ask yourself, how much do you love Him? Does your heart long for Him? Does it run to meet Him? To talk to Him? Do you look for Him even when He does no good to you? Have you ever had something to give Him? Mary took spices for Him, that’s what she did for a dead Jesus. What more you and I should, for the risen one?

Where are today’s Mary?

Mary woke up early, and ran! Before the day is up, before the fall is over, before the time runs out, even when the darkness is still out, even when all hope is shattered, even when everything is wrong, rise up and run to Jesus. All your dead hopes will resurrect back to Life.

• Joseph Suhas.
  Heaven’s Voice Of Restoration Ministries.
  http://www.hvor.in

With the dusk fast approaching, the evening curtains pitched in and the temperature knocked below zero. As the cold winds gently swirled over me, I started feeling the chills of the cold breeze. I looked above towards the sky and saw a fine drizzling array of snow crystals falling from the sky. It was my first experience of this beautiful snowfall and the sight elated me. The night passed away and the dawn light up the sky, our tent was covered with enormous snow of about 3 to 4 inch thick.

I crawled out of the tent to witness the view and there it was, one of the most spectacular picturesque my eyes ever beheld! The mountains, valleys and everything therein adorned with beautiful white gown like the heaven’s bride. With the sun coming up, it turned even more beautiful as the light shone scattered over the white-washed hills and valleys and it glittered more like the tiny diamonds. The dazzling beauty enthralled us all into a realm of heavenly feel.

The Bible says in Isaiah 1:18, “…though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow”.

I always wondered this statement. It didn’t dig into me as much as it did on that day – when the revelation unveiled! There is nothing of the mountains that brought this glittering beauty, it is bestowed only from above. Just the day before, the land was dry and pale. But after that golden night, everything changed!

2000 years ago, something like this happened!

JESUS Christ washed all our sins with HIS precious blood and made us brand new. There was nothing in us that we could do to shine, we were all helpless and sinful. Sin abode to turn us pale and dry; our beauty faded. But then, it was the blood of Jesus that washed us as white as snow.

Our transgressions pardoned and our past life hidden beneath the new layer of Forgiveness & Love. It’s only God who can wash our sins and make us shine like the light in the world.

No color in all of its surrounding is as beautiful, glittering, bright and shining as the snow dressed mountains. The snow is so light, soft and white that it reflects every light falling on it and thereby so bright that we can’t see the glaring light reflecting from it (that’s why people wear goggles to avoid the glaring). You can see the snow covered mountains even from miles because of this bright reflection. It is this glory that captures a million eyes!

When our lives are pure and holy as God commands, and our thoughts, intentions, mind and heart kept pure., we become radiant and bright reflecting God’s glory when His light shines on us. People around us will catch this brightness even from miles and among multitudes around.

The fresh dew of the season had people flooding to witness this beauty. The very sight brought delight and refreshment to the viewers. Our lives too, will shine like this when we are washed by the blood of Jesus and we become new. The lost and the hopeless will come running to witness the light and will find life coming from it. They will find their healing in it, the joy and abundance overflowing. Wearing the royal robe of heaven’s glory, we shine and glitter with the light of God in us.

As much as white, soft and light the snow is, the tougher it gets to walk or drive on it. Vehicles have a great challenge of grip on the snowy roads. Holiness is that one thing the devil is afraid of, for he cannot stand it. He can’t have his grip on us when we are holy and pure. We become tough and unsusceptible to his schemes.

Travelling back, I asked GOD to search my heart and make me one like the beautiful mountains; appealing and delightful to my saviour and to the world around. I whispered – Oh yes Lord, purge me, cleanse me & make me as white as snow!!!

To be honest, I’m one of the many who attend too many calls in a day. In one of the recent calls, I was talking to a cab driver and was giving him the directions. He was too quick to talk and too slow to hear my full directions. Before i could finish, he dropped the call. I called him again, and before I could even speak, he said he is coming and cut the call immediately. And obviously, he missed the route and I had to cancel the trip.

I sat in another cab, and rolled over this again and again in my mind, ‘Could he not wait to listen to me?’ It dawned on me – literally, we are just like the cab driver, when we pray we hasten to speak and retard to hear. We don’t give GOD the talking and neither do the hearing. The Bible says, He is the Lord who hears our every prayer and loves to commune with us. Oh, how eagerly He would wait to speak to us. He wants to share His joy and pain, His concern and heart, oh how He wants us to understand Him. He wants to tell us the secret of His heart, share us His burden. Build a relationship intimate and deep. He has much more things to tell us. I wonder how often we take time to sit and hear Him; wait on Him and say ‘Lord, here I’m – talk to me.’ We often walk away from prayer even without hearing HIS voice. We walk away incomplete. We wouldn’t even bother to hear Him. Do we? we finish with ‘amen’ to our words and not to His! Do we wait to hear Him? – that gentle voice and sweet whisper. His word is life and everything we ever need!! How I wish i would only hear HIM much and do the less of talking. To hear Him is to receive life; to receive HIM!

Today, let’s take time to dig deep into Him. To remain at His feet, understand Him, know Him, Hear Him, yearn for Him, get acquainted to His voice. Oh yes, His sheep will know His voice. They know Him only by His voice. Let’s pause to listen, Let’s wait, let’s be vigilant, determined, and persistent. He is talking. Sometimes it’s just a moment before His voice reaches you, It’s the voice that guides you a step away from the great dangers; It’s the direction at the critical junctions of your life; It’s the solution for your innumerable problems; It’s the compass of your life; the voice that leads you into the green pastures and still waters. Don’t miss it! Let all your worries walk away, and your storms calm, let every noise be shut; every confusion collapse; every troubled waters still! Behold, HE speaks!!!

– Joseph Suhas.

Voice of Restoration.

A Little child was very fascinated to paint. Excited, she demanded her mother the tools needed for the painting. She gathered wide range of beautiful colors, variety of brushes, mixtures, sketch board and drawing sheets. She had been collecting since many days, she now has all the required stuff in abundance and she is all set to paint. She took the brush, carefully blended it with her favourite red color, pointed towards the drawing sheet and suddenly stopped! ‘But, what do I paint?’ thought the child. ‘I love to paint, I’m enthralled by the amazing colors, I’ve got them all with me but I don’t know what to paint!!’. Everything required to paint was ready but not the picture! She thought and thought, scribbled haphazardly, exhausted her drawing sheets and finally gave up.

Her mother sitting next to her saw the child’s struggle, drew near to her, gave her a picture, explaining her held her hands and started painting along. A beautiful painting was made, it was an eye capturing one! The child looked intently at it and it was worth all that she brought forth together.

Ironically, we all are like the kid. We have been busy acquiring everything we need in our lives; learning and running, buying and building, earning and spending, choosing and chasing, making and breaking. We struggle through life’s hardships for all that we could possess and finally get to nothing, we don’t have a purpose. We don’t have a destiny! We haven’t figured it out and all our sketch board of our lives are nothing but a meaningless art. We come to the junction of our Life’s sketch and we are clueless. We live, breath and have our being without a picture or a vision.

Life is driven by a mad race to nowhere. An Artist is not an artist without an art. A Man is not a man without a destiny & purpose! A Life without purpose is like an artist without an art. Every person is born for a reason, driven by a purpose, designed to be a beautiful picture; skillful, meaningful and elegant. Like the child, we are clueless. Like the child’s mother, someone is required to guide us and GOD is the one who gives us the picture. He gives us the meaning and destiny to our lives. He guides and leads us, takes us through ups and downs, twists and turns, back and forth, blends us with dazzling colors and is the greatest artist ever. Let God take over your life, give Him your sketch board, allow Him to paint along. The Grand picture in His hand will hold beauty, meaning and unleash charm to the viewer. All that you’ve been through will be worth what will be made of you!