life is a journey

LIFE IS A JOURNEY

 

Every journey consists  of a "beginning", and an "ending", and all of us are somewhere in between on our journey of life! The Bible, which is God's "Manufacturer's Manuel", begins  with "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth". And the gospel of John starts off  with "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God". And we know that the Word was Jesus, who is God the Son! In (John 17:20-26) we read part of the prayer of Jesus to His Father shortly before He died. Here He declares that He and the Father are one, and also that we who are followers of Jesus are one with them! This is truly a great mystery, and the very core  of the Gospel of the Kingdom that Jesus spoke about. God is love, (1 John 4:7-8), and this love is what distinguishes us as followers of Jesus from people who are still part of the world system. In (Eph 2:1-10) the apostle Paul clearly states that we all started out on our journeys from the same place, "dead because of your disobedience and your many sins." (NLT)

 

Our journeys are lived on two levels, one is on the "natural plane", and the other is on the "spiritual plane". As stated above we all started out on the natural plane as a baby in our mother's womb. Then after nine months in this "secure" place we were born into this world. We then began the process of growing up to become an adult human being. There were many different phases to this process; first infancy, when we needed everything done for us; then as a toddler when we started to do things for our self, then to kindergarten, elementary school, high school, university etc. hopefully leading to full maturity!

 

Growth on the spiritual plane follows the same basic pattern. First comes our spiritual birth, when we are "born again" of the Spirit (John 3:3-21). At this stage we need spiritual mothers and fathers to care for us, but gradually with the proper disciplining and training we grow into mature sons and daughters of God. Or at least that is God's intention for us! Unfortunately some believers never seem to grow up, but remain as "baby believers" the rest of their lives. Read (Heb 5:11-6:3), and (2 Peter 1:3-11), for instructions on how to become mature followers of Jesus, with the help of the Holy Spirit who was given to replace Jesus on earth.

Sincerely submitted.

Dave Jamer