I’m staying on your trail; I’m putting one foot In front of the other. I’m not giving up.
So you are a Christian. A disciple. A follower of Jesus. It is so much more than what you believe, it is who you are.
Being a Christian is not always easy. Life experiances are not all blessing and joy. It doesn’t all happen the way we think it should. As much as we are now sons of God, as much as the Kingdom is now within us as the Spirit of God dwells in us, we have not arrived. We have a heavenly destiny but we are not yet at our destination. To reach it we must walk with God.
Living by God’s Word is more than living because God has spoken life for us. It is living with the word as a lamp and guide for our feet. That already implies we are on a journey. We are travelling a road and doing it day by day, facing and overcoming the challenges and trials that we face along the way.
It takes determination. Not strength and courage and skill. Determination. being determined to follow God. Being determined to hold on to His Word and walk in His way.
It is so important to always hold your destination before you. This is not yet it. There remain promises that God has made that are yet to be fulfilled. We are living in a time that will end and there will begin the new perfection that God will bring about. To keep that as our prize always mindful that it awaits us, fuels our determination to live by the word of God. As David says sticking on God’s trail. Following Him wherever He leads. All the time though knowing what the final destination is.
That is what gives us hope for today.
That’s actually what this verse is about – today. Getting through today. Allowing that hope to pull me through. David says he put one foot in front of the other. He walked one step at a time. So often we just want to fly, to skip the steps, to find a short cut. To jump across and miss the obstacles. So often that leads to a fall, dissapointment and landing in the pooh. So often not following the way of God makes today a difficult place to be.
This is not like the one day at a time like the AA teach. That way allows today to give strength for tomorrow. Our tomorrow is already determined. We have a hope that is sure and certain. Our tomorrow gives us strength for today. We look to that tomorrow found in God’s Word and then follow God’s Word to bring it into fulfilment. One step at a time. Dealing with each day, with the events of each day, overcoming, conquering each challenge, speaking and bringing into play God’s report, God’s vision that tomorrow, into today.
Hold on to God’s Word. Hold on to every promise. Hold on to what the Word tells you is your destiny. Hold on to every dream and vision God gives you for tomorrow. Step into today as if it is tomorrow. Bring tomorrow into today. Stand on the Word and then step forward onto the Word. Let every step be onto the Word. The Word will remain solid and true. You can can trust it. It will carry you. You will be safe. Look forward. What does the Word say. Now step onto it.
Today has past. Tomorrow awaits. Give praise to God. He is faithful. He will not fail you.
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