Where the True Church Is Always Found

560 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people crossed over. The king himself also crossed over the Brook Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the way of the wilderness. How many times can the Holy Spirit use the phrase “crossed over” in one verse? Three times we read of a “crossing over.” There must be an important lesson for us here. The Hebrew word carries with it the idea of transition. David and the people were in transition. They were leaving the security of the man made walled city of Jerusalem and heading out into the wilderness. This Brook Kidron was the same brook that Jesus and His disciples crossed over on their way to the Garden of Gethsemane. It was in the Garden that Jesus asked the Father to take the cup of suffering away from Him. Jesus was about to transition to the cross. This was the ultimate wilderness because at one point on the cross, even God would forsake Him. It was here, that Jesus would demonstrate His ultimate reliance upon God. And it is in the wilderness that church is always found. In the Book of Revelation we read of a woman (the church) and the serpent (the devil) Re 12:13 Now when the dragon (Satan) saw that he had been cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male Child. 14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. Where was the woman (the church) taken? Into the wilderness. In the wilderness, she is forced to rely on God and His promises, (it's called grace) and is in that trust that she is given the strength to withstand the face of the serpent. Have you crossed the Brook Kidron yet? Have you come to that place of utter reliance on the promises of God for your salvation and deliverance? Ps 62:2 says, He only is my rock and my salvation;” Enough of your puny good works and self-righteousness. Come to the Rock! Cross the Brook at Kidron and be saved! Father, ever lead us to the wilderness of utter reliance on you for deliverance and salvation.