Journey On!

Every day provides new opportunities for you and me to continue our Christian journey.

Our word for this week focuses on Abraham and his faith journey.

“Now the Lord said to Abram, go forth from your country, from your relatives and from your house to the land which I will show you. I will make you a great nation and I will bless you. I will make your name great, and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and the one who curses you I will curse.

In you all the families of the earth will be blessed.” And Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him….” Genesis 12:1-4a

“And Abram journeyed on…….” Genesis 12:9

The phrase “journeyed on” catches my attention. Grabs my spirit. Abram, who we know as Abraham, was called by God to leave his family and home to travel to Canaan. God promised He would bless Abraham. Abraham would be a blessing to the nations
of the earth.

Immediately, without questions or doubts, Abraham obeyed and kept on obeying the Lord.
    
I see four significant things about Abraham’s response to God’s call.

• First, he responded with faith. He believed and trusted God. (Romans 4)
• Secondly, he obeyed God without question (Hebrews 11:8, Genesis 22:1-18).
• Thirdly, Abraham worshipped all along his journey. (Genesis 12:7, 13:4, 22:9)
• Fourthly, Abraham kept on journeying! He never quit on God.

At seventy-five years young, Abraham journeyed on with God!


Wow! How old or young are you? Are you journeying on with God no matter what your age or stage of life? Are you being who God has called you to be and doing what He has called you to do?


One of Satan’s chief strategies is to stop you and me from journeying with Jesus.


Our adversary the devil would love for you and me to quit on our faith. To give in to adverse circumstances. To give up and throw in the towel of belief during tough times. The evil one would enjoy nothing more than to sit in his corner office in Hell’s headquarters and mock you and me because we chose to not journey on.


Let’s be honest. Sometimes our journey is downright rough.


Our purpose and mission appear thwarted at every turn. Roadblocks and detour signs pop up at the most inconvenient times. We can feel like Elijah when the angel of the Lord said “Arise and eat for the journey is too great for you.” (I Kings 19:7). The prophet was weary of his journey. It had become too much. He was refreshed, restored and renewed in the Lord. Then God told Elijah to journey on! Get off this mountain of despair and continue to represent Me to Israel.
    
Three things can hinder us from journeying on with Jesus.


1. Looking back to the past can prevent us from journeying on. Rear-view Christianity does not propel us down the road of life the Lord has laid out for us.


2. Fearing the future can paralyze us from moving forward. Faith trusts God for the future He has in store for us. You and I can journey on with confident faith because Jesus goes before us.


3. The pressure and weight of today’s tough times can tempt us to stop journeying and pull alongside the road of doubt, unbelief and despair.


My word to you and myself is: Do not do any of the above. JOURNEY ON! Jesus is ahead of you, with you, and for you.
    
Like faithful Abraham, we need to worship God all along our journey. If we would worship more and worry less, who knows what the Lord might be able to do in our lives.


What has God called you to do? Are you continuing to do what He has purposed for you? No matter what, like Abraham, journey on with faith. Obey God’s will and call on your life. Do not allow anyone or anything to hinder or halt your journey. Charge forward and journey onward every single day you have breath.
    
It has been well said that “the joy is in the journey.” With the Lord Jesus Christ journeying with us, nothing could be truer!


My friend, journey on with joy! Journey on with confidence! Journey on with hope. Journey on with steadfast, immovable faith. Journey on with expectancy of a fantastic future! Journey on to inspire others to journey on in their faith walk!


Keep on keeping on. Enjoy the journey you are on.


Let me say it again. JOURNEY ON!


“Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal of the prize of the upward cal of God in Christ Jesus.”    Philippians 3:13-14


A Word for Your Week: Journey on with Jesus today.