Hosea 2:14 tells us God uses deserts to cultivate intimacy with us: I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. The prophet's temptation is to become so intercoursed with his gift so that he forsakes sweet intimacy with the greatest Gift of all, our First Love Jesus. The greatest commandment is not, "If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it" (Ro 12:6); it is, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength" (Mk 12:29,30).Just as God will not allow self-sufficiency, so also He will not allow us to intercourse our souls with anything above Him. Like David, He will keep us in that desert stronghold until we are daily singing and writing romantic psalms to Him. Like Israel, He will allure us into the desert until we cherish His tender whispers, until that voice becomes the central focus of our daily life and emotional well-being. Until personal intimacy is greater than prophetic ministry.
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