welcome house of destiny god bless you we love you the lord is good and he's great he's greatly
to be praised he is the one to serve i'll tell you that i think you know that as well
i want to talk in this new series on the path of the righteous you know we're talking
about a journey with god a journey in life proverbs chapter number 4 verse 18 the path
of the righteous is like a morning sun that shines brighter till the full light of day
that's that's it god wants our path our walk with him he wants our journey
to grow brighter and brighter and brighter you know life is very much like an unfolding story
we're turning one page at a time we can only live our life one day at a time and
watch the story unfold so that takes faith and that takes patience doesn't it
and of course we can't predict what's going to happen in a day but we do know how things will
turn out for the righteous not only at the end but in the here and the now god's going to make
everything work together for our good so don't be discouraged don't grow weary and don't quit ever
we're born into a story that god is telling and we all have a part
in god's story of the ages it's so powerful and so specific for your life
it's our calling now to find our part it's our calling to walk it out in its fullest and it's you
know so unique to you you have to remind yourself of that because sometimes life gets very tiring
god's story truly is a story about good and about evil isn't it you know we watch this struggle
throughout life each and every day no matter where we go or what we're doing we can't go
through a single day without the reminder that evil is a very real presence just turn
on your television we don't need to be reminded but remember remember this is god's story as far
as your life goes it's god's story and really as far as the world goes it's god's story
everywhere we look there are forces battling for power battling for influence
the bible uses a lot of metaphors as well to describe god's story terms like the race
and warfare and there's a lot more in scripture but in philippians 2 15 it says
if you that you may become blameless and harmless the children of god without fault
in the midst of a crooked and a perverse generation among whom you shine as lights
in the world that is so true our journey isn't just a natural one it is a very spiritual story
remember that a great way to describe our walk with god is by calling it a journey
an unfolding of one stage of life into another someone's thinking right now god has
forgotten about me that is simply not true it's an unfolding story dear one
remember we're on a journey together you're not alone you'll find the subject of life as a journey
everywhere in scripture the more you think about the fact that you're you and i are on a journey
as you look to the word you're going to see it over and over and over again in the word
why do we call it the path of the righteous because a path has a beginning
and it has an ending and in the middle you have the journey a long life's path that's what we are
talking about in this series we're talking about the middle part the journey you know there's many
paths to choose from in life and the one we choose determines our ultimate destination either life
or destruction in the new testament we're told that there's a broad way and there's a narrow way
and although mostly in uh entire course of this world is going down the
broad road we know better than to follow that path it's the narrow way the christian journey is the
most exciting journey of all think about it we are graced and we are honored to have the opportunity
to follow the lord to take his path now let's share five things about our journey with god
number one our journey has a definite beginning you know guess what every journey does it has
to you don't just you know pop up on the road one day a journey has a has to start somewhere
they don't just happen in our starts with christ coming into our lives it's an act of faith
we you everyone has to invite him in and when that happens we're immediately born from above that's
a supernatural thing the light finally comes on in our hearts and in our minds and in our spirits
and we have joy unspeakable and full of glory i know that's the basics but
it's so important and i pray that someone's watching today so that they might understand
our journey begins with the conviction of sin that's where it begins
we don't despair you know god doesn't rub our nose in our sin he immediately floods our
souls at that very moment of repentance with his love and his mercy and his forgiveness
and we're filled with his holy spirit filled with his love filled with his joy filled with his peace
unspeakable number two our journey takes us to difficult places you didn't think i was
going to say that but you know that we all know that to go on a journey with god we absolutely
will experience difficulties persecutions and the kinds of spiritual friction that accompany walking
contrary to the ways of this world walking with god doesn't solve our problems did i say that i
said that although here on this earth in fact we actually gain a few problems that we hadn't
ever experienced before once we accept the lord we gain them yes we do it's not nothing to fret about
for one we now have a conflict with the enemy before we unknowingly cooperated with him
through deception now we're resisting him and this brings great conflict into our lives but
say this we win it's the truth although also when we get saved we don't lose our old nature
we still have the conflict of sin and the conflict of righteousness within ourselves
to deal with on a daily basis god doesn't rid us of that
well but now we've got the mind of christ and the power and the presence of god within us
the new nature that helps us to overcome what does proverbs 4 say verses 11 and 12
i instruct you in the way of wisdom and i lead you along straight paths listen to this when you
walk your steps will not be hampered when you run you will not stumble isn't that beautiful
how about psalm 37 23-24 the lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him
though he may stumble he will not fall for the lord upholds him with his hand
so we see the bible doesn't teach us that our path is trouble free but god guarantees us his presence
which is our salvation we never will be alone that will face every challenge with god
so please don't be surprised as a christian when you have trouble number three our journey gives us
a defining purpose proverbs again 4 18 says the path of the righteous is like the morning sun
it shines brighter and brighter until the full light of day i love this this tells us that we
get better every day because we're growing in his likeness it's impossible to walk with god side by
side and not grow in faith not be transformed into his likeness and not shine brighter
if we aren't then something's wrong
we'll constantly be doing things that we've never done
meeting people that we've never met and receiving things impossible to receive otherwise without god
how can we not improve with the blessing of god i ask you that we're headed toward heaven that's
our final destination in goal but a big but okay i want you to hear this please hear this
the bible speaks more about the journey than it does about the destination
there's not really a lot about heaven mentioned in scripture if you think about it
but there is a lot of scripture about the journey we don't want to get caught up
on the destination and not know what to do about the journey
that would be tragic christians have no idea what to do between the journey and the destination
until we get to heaven we're living right here on the earth we better know how to do it
how do we learn to live right on our journey god's word is full of instruction on the subject
for example the new testament epistles are mostly about application
first doctrine and then application of that doctrine in other words how to put it into
practice principles in god's word that help us negotiate the journey the path of the righteous
number four our journey is a developing experience
morning light keeps on increasing afternoon light keeps on diminishing
christians are light morning light we keep getting brighter and brighter as we trust god
in his journey for our life it's called the walk of faith
that's the joy of knowing old christians seniors christians i should say they're not grumpy
but they're full of light full of god they shine brighter and brighter yes physically
we go through things
the joy of the lord is our strength in the last point number five our journey is toward
yes it is a destination the bible calls it the perfect day we have some nice days here on earth
but we never really have perfect days at least not what the bible describes as such
the perfect day is when we step out of these bodies and are present with god
in total perfection god's people are on a journey toward a perfect day that day is going to come
and we all look forward to it someone said life's a story in three volumes
the first is the past which is finished and it's laid away the second is the present which we're
we're reading day by day and the third is the future and it's locked from sight in eternity
what we've lived already we can't undo god doesn't make done things undone
the journey we have with god is the most wonderful experience we will ever have
i wouldn't trade for anything in this world and neither would you the journey has been amazing
i've had some very hard times but nothing to compare to walking with god journeying
with god and finally we'll meet him face to face in glory and will experience his perfect presence
a perfect eternity a perfect day that will never ever end but what i'm concerned about
is the path that we're on right now that we're walking as god wants us to walk receiving what god
wants us to receive and becoming who he wants us to become i pray now
that you will not be thrown off course that you will not fear the course
but we will all finish our course and hear well done good and faithful servants amen
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