The Coming Dry Times
By Robert Holmes

I want to talk today on the subject of desert experiences. I want to talk about what to
expect next time you're in a desert and it has everything to do with transference of spirits,
deliverance and spiritual warfare. The connection will become more obvious as we go along.
The church has been (perhaps for the last six years) in a place of refreshment and renewal.
All over the world I have met an increased expectation of revival, more ardent prayer
meetings, a passion for Jesus and the centrality of Christ. Of course alongside that there
are stories of brokenness, churches splitting, and other backslidings occurring.

My understanding is that we are now moving, or have now moved into a time of desert or
wilderness.

It is not so much that God is withdrawing, though it will feel that way - no it is the opposite.
It's a time of drawing into intimacy with God.

For only in the desert can we truly experience loneliness and only in a desert can we be
stripped of every other thing that can support us. A desert time should bring us into
absolute dependence on God and drive us into his arms.

It is like the Holy Spirit coming upon Christ at his baptism - we have been in the baptism,
we have been immersed, and now we are coming out. The Holy Spirit had no sooner
descended upon Him "then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert" (Matt 4:1). Let's make this point abundantly clear - Jesus was lead into the desert. It was not an accident
or the devil that took him there! Woe to those who want to stay and play!

Will you come with me into the desert? Will you come out?
Song of Solomon describes the rose of Sharon - the desert rose that blossoms in the wilderness, "I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the maidens." (SoS 2:1). Like the rose of Sharon, we will flourish in the wilderness - where we will make the transition from 'more of me' to 'more of Him'.

I think Isaiah 35 captures the coming time in God very well, "The desert and the parched
land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into
bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel

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