"I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done."
-Hudson Taylor
Showing posts with label journey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label journey. Show all posts
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Directions for the Way
My Garmin GPS has finally stopped working after months of poor health. I love a GPS because it can be a guide in unknown territory and give you a sense of course, direction and position no matter where you are.
We all need direction in life. Many of us were taught certain principles by our parents that guided us into adulthood. Perhaps coaches, grandparents and teachers further lent direction to our formative years. We desire and need direction in all areas of life: social, career, family and, of course, spiritual. It is the search for direction that ultimately finds itself as its own reward. Jesus spoke of Himself as "the Way." Notice He did not say He was the destination. In the same passage (John 14), He notes that the Father is Who lies at the end of a journey with Him and no one gets to the destination unless he or she goes in the right Way.
My advice is that we learn to enjoy the Way in life. As we follow along the path that is laid before us, let us not miss the journey by only looking for the reward of the destination. God has a great desire that we should learn many things in this life; some from revelation and many through experience. If you find the Way, finding the destination will surely follow.
We all need direction in life. Many of us were taught certain principles by our parents that guided us into adulthood. Perhaps coaches, grandparents and teachers further lent direction to our formative years. We desire and need direction in all areas of life: social, career, family and, of course, spiritual. It is the search for direction that ultimately finds itself as its own reward. Jesus spoke of Himself as "the Way." Notice He did not say He was the destination. In the same passage (John 14), He notes that the Father is Who lies at the end of a journey with Him and no one gets to the destination unless he or she goes in the right Way.
My advice is that we learn to enjoy the Way in life. As we follow along the path that is laid before us, let us not miss the journey by only looking for the reward of the destination. God has a great desire that we should learn many things in this life; some from revelation and many through experience. If you find the Way, finding the destination will surely follow.
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