The inner journey

We can wonder where we are on our life journey. We can have ideas about where we should be by now and who we should be by now and what we should have by now. When we look at the external features of all this, the ‘outer journey’ there may be some real disappointment or discontent – where is life going for me?

Sometimes there’s a crisis, and God watches as the crisis is set up. He prepares our paths. It’s not so much as God always setting it up The Crisis, because it is often us do that for ourselves, or the will of others. But God graciously intervenes in the process. We are right where God has us on his ‘inner journey’ of fulfilment and completeness in him, that really leads somewhere giving us new hope and expectation of God’s supernatural goodness in our life (Abundant life). He always starts right where we are and with just who we are and with what we have, and what we are doing.

Acts 17:26 ‘And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times (kairos) and the boundaries of their dwellings, 27so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might search for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;’

He moves within our heart to go with him, to search for him and to find him. We can simply call upon him.
Ephesians 2:10 (AMP) For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, that we may do those good things which He planned beforehand (predestined) for us, taking paths which He prepared ahead of time, that we should walk in them living the life which He (prearranged and) made ready for us to live.

He doesn’t motivate by fear or outside pressure but by inside inspiration from the Holy Spirit.
We can have our ideas about how our life should go but God has his complete idea. It’s a perfect idea.
The challenge is that we trust in God rather than in our own strength.
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In 1Corinthians 9:25 Paul speaks about how athletes compete to obtain a temporary crown, but we obtain a permanent everlasting crown. If athletes can put their heart and strength into their aspirations even more so can we. So that whatever the thing is that we are busy with right now on our life journey means that our attitude to it is that it is meaningful and that it prospers and brings peace and contentment.

Colossians 3: 23. Approach your work with the same kind of integrity and sincerity as if you were working for Jesus. 24. Be conscious of the fact that God will reward this faithful attitude and make his resources available to you, because you are really serving the Lord Jesus Christ.