This week is late...but I knew it would be. We just wrapped VBS...and as I have done some years..I am going to share some of the lessons I learned at VBS!
Funny...how life has been going and our theme was God is with us on the Journey!
No matter the detours or the difficulties or even what we have done. He is there, and we just need to turn to Him and He will be our Guide!
📖 The Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1;9
Abraham and Sarah were told to pack up and move...with out a destination. Just follow where God told them. Unlike today we can Google any destination and see pictures and read about it, though it would still be a new and maybe unsettling experience. They had nothing for preparation. But they followed and trusted God.
God is with us on the journey
The Israelites went off course. God had a purpose in their 30 years of wandering, He showed them Who He was on their journey. Even when they made wrong choices He was still with them on their journey.
God is with us when we go off course
Mary went to visit Elizabeth and both were joyful! As was the baby in Elizabeth's womb.
Joyful because both women were aware of the importance of the child Mary was carrying.
God is with us when we are joyful
The old story of the little man who climbed a tree just to get a look at Jesus. A little man in stature, but not in power and wrong doing. But Jesus saw him, called to him and wanted to be in his company. Zaccheous went to Jesus, brought him to his home and he was changed, never to be the same again!
God is with us when we are lonely
Paul, met Jesus on the Damascus Road and was changed. From a persecutor of Christ followers he became one of the greatest evangelists of his day, traveling wherever God led him and telling everyone about Jesus. He met friends along the way who did the same, telling people about the life changing love of Jesus.
God is with us near and far.
I need those reminders, sometimes all of them, daily.
🙏🏼Whatever jouney you are on today, whether it is near or far, if you are lonely or joyful or you feel you have wandered far from God....He is with you! I pray you turn towards Him, and He will guide you.❤️
📖 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:7-9