I’ve been told you can’t squeeze blood from a turnip, so I wonder how you get honey from a rock?

Asaph, the psalmist, refers back to something Moses wrote many years before. When wandering through the wilderness, God provided for the children of Israel. Whether is was manna surrounding the camp or quail raining down or water gushing from a rock face, God came through in unexpected ways.

I also face wilderness experiences. In difficulties I swing between seeking the Lord or turning away in frustration. But God is found in the wilderness, and when I persevere I begin to understand Asaph when he writes, with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.

In wilderness I grow tough. In wilderness I develop fortitude. In wilderness I discover wisdom. Through all the adversity, if I struggle on, I will eventually enjoy the goodness of the Lord—honey from the rock.

Psalm 81:16

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