Today, I’d like to reflect upon life as a journey, a journey that brings us closer to God. In truth, however, we don’t just anticipate meeting Him at the end of our journey, for He is already with us, walking with us and sharing our burdens and our joys.
Here are some posts I’ve written related to our spiritual journey:
If Life Is a Journey, What Do You Bring With You?
What It Means to Walk With God
Last but not the least, I’d like to share a song that has inspired me today. You can watch the official music video from Youtube below:
(If you can’t see the video, click here)
As I listened to the song “The Last Goodbye”, I was reminded of the journey of the Church, especially in recent times. The journey of God’s people was like the journey of those that have fought many battles. Today, we seem to be facing the greatest battle yet. Many of our brothers and sisters in faith have sacrificed their lives, and we, we who still stand must carry on. We may weep for a while, but we must never lose our faith in God.
Today’s reading is very appropriate for our encouragement:
Then those who feared the LORD spoke one with another; and the LORD listened and heard, and a book of memory was written before him for those who feared the LORD and who honoured his name. They shall be mine,” says the LORD of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make. I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn’t serve him… “For behold, the day comes, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up,” says the LORD of Armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings.
– Malachi 3-4, WEBBE
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"