 Travel Log
Do you like to travel? I have to admit that I really enjoy traveling! I sometimes hear people who travel regularly for their job or ministry complaining about the airports or the road and I think about just how fortunate they are to get to travel and have those experiences. In the last month, I have covered some miles myself in 8 states. I have enjoyed every inch of it! But whether we are globetrotters or benchwarmers, road warriors or homebodies, busy bees or couch potatoes, the reality is that we are all traveling through this world on a journey. The old saying really is true that “you can’t go home again” but it is also true that you can’t stay where you are either. Everyone of us is progressing toward something and somewhere. We could be just coasting along and going with the flow but that doesn’t mean that we can stop the progress. Or we could be intentionally seeking a goal(Phil. 3:12-16) and a country of ultimate rest(Hebrews 4:8-13) and peace. It’s the miles This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, “it’s not the years, it’s the miles.” The point of this piece of classic western wisdom is simply that our experiences and engagements are more defining to our lives than the number of trips that we make around the sun. This is usually applied in the case of what we might call “hard living.” However, the truth also applies to those seeking to live peaceful and quiet lives of faithfulness (1 Timothy 2:2). This kind of good living is not an accident, but rather, the outcome of the Christian work ethic and dedication to a future that is not dependent on us but on God’s promises. Every path will have its own set of challenges. The path of faithfully following the Lord Jesus Christ will also be a perilous journey but we have the assurance that we will endure and arrive in the great city of God that is built foursquare! The Straight Gate Jesus even told us that we should not expect the life we live for Him to appear to be the easy path. He said that the gate is broad and the way is easy that leads to destruction (Matthew 7:13). The way that most of the world takes is the one that seems best to their own inadequate understanding (Proverbs 14:12). But God has graciously rescued us from this easy way not because we are better or more brilliant but by His grace. Through the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit brings regeneration and life to us we now have new spiritual eyes through which we can best see the world and the beauty of Christ. This illumined perspective helps us to see that the way that looks so easy is not actually so without Christ’s goodness and grace. Therefore we can also properly understand that our own narrow and hard trail is actually training us and preparing us to experience even greater glory and pleasure in Christ in the ageless ages to come!
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