Road Trip

Imagine this, You are driving down the road in your car. The road stretches over farmland, cities, villages, towns, rivers, plains, everywhere. This road is not one straight line but breaks and splits in countless places along the way. At the end of this road lies the place you want to go. You know you want to go there and your whole purpose of getting in your car and driving was so you could fulfill this desire to be at this place. However, there are some problems with getting to this location. Firstly, you don't know how long this roadtrip will take. Secondly, you don't know which turns you must take to get there, only that the road you desire to take leads there. Thirdly, because of the recent price increase in petrol you may not have enough money to keep driving to the end of the road. Last and certainly not least, you don't want to go on this journey alone. You need a companion. Here is how I see my life's journey. I need someone to pay the petrol bill, Jesus paid it with His blood. I need someone to navigate for me, Jesus told me how to get there, He gave me my reconciliation with my all-knowing Father. I need someone to go with, Jesus sent me the Holy Spirit. So with what I've been given, though I still don't know how long the journey is I know when to turn and when to keep going straight. I don't need to look so far into the future because every now and again the Spirit gives me glimpses of it when He talks to me, and I've got a full tank of petrol to get me there just in time for the party to begin. After all, the place I'm going is waiting for me to get there.