ON THE JOURNEY
15th Sep 2021
There was a hymn that I sang many years ago which spoke of life and death and included this line, “yet nightly pitch my moving tent a day’s march nearer home.” We are all on a journey, and when we have committed our lives into the hands of Jesus it is not a lonely path.
Psalm 66:9 in the New Living Translation says, “Our lives are in his hand, and he keeps our feet from stumbling.” When I read this verse a few days ago it set me thinking about how God is with us on this journey, giving us resources that are supernatural.
Psalm 84:5-6 says, “What joy for those whose strength comes from the Lord, who have set their minds on pilgrimage. When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs. The autumn rains will cloth it with blessing.”
We are not promised a life that is smooth and easy, but we have someone who is accompanying us on the journey who will support us and pour in divine resources.
Isaiah 41:17 says, “When the poor and needy search for water and there is none.” Then come the promises from God, “I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them. I will open up rivers for them on the high plateaus.” In a dry place there is always refreshing water, in Psalm 36 it says, “You give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.”
Does it seem that your journey is hard and all you can see is problems and insurmountable difficulties? Again I was reminded of Isaiah 43:19, “For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.”
So how is the journey? Do you feel you are in a wilderness or in a very dry place? Use these verses to encourage yourself, and get a new vision for your future.
by Charles Sibthorpe
