Going Where You Don’t Know

Directions in the journey of life are especially crucial when you don’t know where you’re going. So many distractions and ‘helpful’ pointers can leave things confusing. Faith acts as a steer and a guide to the direction you should go. So in those times when you don’t always know how to get to where you’re going, faith fundamentally gives reassurance not of reaching the destination, but relationship on the way.

The LORD said to Abram: Leave your country, your family, and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1)

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One Small Step For Man

The biggest achievements started small. The longest journey starts and ends with a single step. Wherever you are in your journey, maybe you haven’t even left the comfort of your own surroundings. There are, though, significant, positive life-changing experiences waiting on the way towards conquering something of eternal value. The invitation has been made for you to go to a land promised for you far better than where you are at the moment. Respond to the call today; take that one small step for man …

The LORD said to Abram: Leave your country, your family, and your relatives and go to the land that I will show you. (Genesis 12:1)

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Directions to Life

How can you know the directions a full life if you’ve never been there before? Help will be needed in getting the map on how to get where you’re heading. Acknowledging that having not been there before it is not possible to know the directions the next best thing is to check if someone has been there before or if fellow travellers have any travel tips. The smallest search will uncover good instruction for direction to life – it is to now look for it and accept to get ton that destination of life in all its fullness.

The road to life is a disciplined life; ignore correction and you're lost for good. (Proverbs 10:17)

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Are We There Yet?

The family are on their way, as they get stuck in traffic Charlie asks again ‘are we there yet?’ Again the response is that they will be there soon. Sometimes we are impatient – are we loved yet, do we have enough money yet, is the spouse sorted yet, can I get over this annoying habit yet? Often the answer is ‘no’, but having a destination should not bring frustration. That destination is the light drawing and encouraging us to hold onto that faith that says that we will get there – even if we are not there yet!

We must keep our eyes on Jesus, who leads us and makes our faith complete. (Hebrews 12:2a)

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Food For The Journey

There’s no point on going on any kind of journey without ensuring that you’re well fed. Going anywhere on an empty stomach is a recipe for disaster. The beauty of sharing with others is that sometimes the most fulfilling thing isn’t the food that you eat but the company you keep. Indeed nothing can be more rewarding than life-enhancing relationships and encounters with others. Let today be a day where you can rub your tummy in satisfaction of a job well done by relationships being built for the better on this journey of life.

Jesus said, "The food that keeps me going is that I do the will of the One who sent me, finishing the work he started. (John 4:34)

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Friends for the Journey

Negotiating the various challenges of life’s journey can be very difficult on your own. Sometimes we can be hurt along the way that’s why friends for the journey are so valuable. Good friends ones who are compassionate, understanding and trustworthy who will bear with you are hard to find. Then again being that kind of friend is equally costly, but good friends exist and are there waiting on the journey to link up with you for the next mile or two. If you have them, when you find them honour them, treasure them and celebrate them.

Jesus was still teaching when four people came up, carrying a crippled man on a mat. But because of the crowd, they could not get him to Jesus. So they made a hole in the roof above him and let the man down in front of everyone. When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, "My friend, your sins are forgiven." (Mark 2:2-5)

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Faith for the Journey

It’s easy to be envious of those with clear plans for life – including education, spouse, children, pay-rises, promotions and early retirement to the villa in Marbella. For the majority of us though this journey of life is not so clear cut. This is where faith for the journey is so reassuring – it is a travelling companion that gives guidance in the midst of confusion and relationship in the midst of loneliness. Wherever you are in your journey be assured that you need never walk alone and though you may not always know where you’re going help is at hand.

By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. (Hebrews 11:8)

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