I AM A PILGRIM -
JOURNEYING TO THE PROMISED LAND
by LILACLADY-JUNEBUG2
AS I BLOG,
I AM INTENSELY AWARE
THAT LIFE IS SHORT
I ONLY HAVE A SMALL BUBBLE OF TIME
IN WHICH TO LIVE
AND DO
AND BE
AND SEE
AND SAY
WHAT I WISH TO SAY.
SO
I WILL GIVE LIFE
ALL I HAVE
AND
JOURNEY ON
TRAVELING LIGHT
LAYING ASIDE THE SIN THAT SO EASILY BESETS ME
AND LOOKING TO JESUS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF MY FAITH
HE SET THE PACE FOR ME
HE RAN THE RACE
AND HE IS WAITING FOR ME
TO ARRIVE ONE DAY
I KNOW WHO MY SHEPHERD IS.
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, MY KING AND MY GOD
IN HIM I HAVE BECOME A CHILD OF THE FATHER
IN HIM I HAVE ALL I NEED FOR MY JOURNEY
AS I KEEP IN MIND WHERE I AM GOING
I WILL REMEMBER TO PACK LIGHT
STAY FOCUSED
STAY IN THE WORD OF GOD
BANK ON GOD'S PROMISES TO ME TO SUPPLY MY NEED
HE HAS PROMISED TO BE WITH ME
IN EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENS
TO ME.
HOW DO I KNOW ?
LET US CONSIDER IT.
I.
I WILL TRAVEL LIGHT, AWARE THAT
OTHERS HAVE TRAVELED THIS WAY BEFORE
Hebrews 11.39, 40
And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,
received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that
they without us should not be made perfect.
FAITH IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT
Hebrews 11.6
Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God
must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.
Hebrews 11. 1
FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR,
THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.
Hebrews 12.1,2
Wherefore, seeing we are compassed about with so great
a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which so easily beset us, and let us run
with patience the race that is set before us,
looking
unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith,
who for the joy that was set before him,
endured the cross,
despising the shame,
and is set down
at the right hand of the throne of God.
I AM ON A JOURNEY AS A CHILD OF THE KING
AS ONE OF HIS SHEEP IN HIS FLOCK,
I WILL HEAR HIS VOICE
AND FOLLOW HIM.
John 10.1 - 4
Verily, Verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but
climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
John 10. 7 - 11 Verily, Verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door; by me if any man will enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
John 10. 14 - I am the good Shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
John 10.16 - And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also will I bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
II.
I KNOW WHERE I AM GOING
Hebrews 11. 8 - 10
By faith, Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should afterward receive for an inheritance,
obeyed,
and he went out, not knowing whither he went,
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise,
as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles (tents)
with Isaac and Jacob,
the heirs with him,
of the same promise:
FOR HE LOOKED FOR A CITY WHICH HATH
FOUNDATIONS, WHOSE BUILDER AND MAKER IS GOD.
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III.I WILL KEEP THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE
John 14.1 - 3
Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Titus 2.11 - 14
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly (serious minded), righteously, and godly in this present world: Looking for that blessed hope and glorious appearing of the great God and Savior Jesus Christ who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar (his very own) people, zealous of good works.
IV.I CAN BANK ON GOD'S PROMISES TO BE WITH ME
IN EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS TO ME
ROMANS 8.1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit, for the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8.11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Romans 8.14 - 17 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the spirit of adoption, thereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.
A blue rose may be hard to nurture
and to keep
but God has made us HIS RESPONSIBILITY
He is the husbandman, the gardener
and will tend to what
needs
to be done
in my life
to keep me blooming and growing.
Romans 8.28 - 39
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose, for whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we say then to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?
It is God that justifieth.
Who is he that condemneth?
It is Christ that died, yea, rather that is risen again,
who is even at the right hand of God,
who also maketh intercession for us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall tribulation,
or distress,
or persecution,
or famine,
or nakedness,
or peril,
or the sword?
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay, in all these things
we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us.
for I am persuaded
that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities,
nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, nor height,
nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us
from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
WALKING BY FAITH - I KEEP CLIMBING
Matthew 17.20 If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Luke 17.6
If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea, and it should obey you.
In my next blog post I will discuss
THE APPROPRIATE THINGS TO WEAR FOR THE JOURNEY
and
WHERE MY RESOURCE FOR SUPPLY IS FOUND
Here is a photo of the rocks along Canyon Highway
going from Cle Elum WA down to Ellensburg.
These rocks make me think of petrified elephants, so majestic are they.
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE ROCKS ON THE ROAD BETWEEN
ELLENSBURG WA AND CLE ELUM WA.
Note - The whole point of having FAITH AS SMALL AS THAT OF A MUSTARD SEED,
IS THAT OBSTACLES IN OUR LIVES CAN BE MOVED, IF WE JUST BELIEVE.
FEAR, DOUBT, UNCERAINTY, TEMPTATIONS, AND DESPAIR CAN ALL BE OVERCOME, BY GOD'S GRACE, WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF FAITH.
