Forward

More timely words from the journal…

The psalmists, like everyone else back in the day, were always walking from someplace to another place. No wonder they likened their walk with God to a path. Several thousand years later, it’s still good imagery to hold onto.

Walking with God is still about one foot in front of the other.

And each one’s path—the one laid out just for us since before we were born—is not like anyone else’s. There is no generic or random path of life. And yet our path is always His path…"for I know the plans I have for you” (Jeremiah 29:11). And because it’s His path for us, we can be sure it’s always the right path, because “All the paths of the Lord are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of His covenant” (Psalm 25:10).

As with any real-life path, though, the terrain can change with the seasons.

It can be very beautiful and pleasant at times and it can also be challenging if not exhausting. 

And we can wonder, “Am I doing this right?”

The answers are simple but easily forgotten in the heat of the moment:

Keep trusting the Way Maker daily, and…

Do not wish you had someone else’s path, and…

Do not be afraid and yet keep walking with a holy fear.

Wait, Fear?

“Fear signifies not panic but holy devotion,” says J.I. Packer. And so.…

“Who is the one who fears the Lord with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with submissive wonder? He will teach him through His Word in the way he should choose.” (Psalm 25:12)

Let us be going…