Obviously, there are other things involved in the journey and we’ve discussed many of them in the songs of ascent. But it’s vitally important that we understand the main thing.
It isn’t working for God. It isn’t suffering for God. It isn’t witnessing for God. It isn’t keeping the 10 Commandments or the Golden Rule. “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.” Or, as Psalm 134 would say it: “Bless God.”
The Bible begins with a journey. “By faith Abraham…set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tent…he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” (Hebrews 11:8–10, CSB)
Abraham never found the place for which his heart longed and his soul yearned while he was alive.
Life is a journey. Each oasis we find in the desert ultimately fails to satisfy. We live in tents…but the city we desire remains just out of reach.
We’ll going to look at the Psalms in order to investigate what we need to reach that city.
Obviously, there are other things involved in the journey and we’ve discussed many of them in the songs of ascent. But it’s vitally important that we understand the main thing.
It isn’t working for God. It isn’t suffering for God. It isn’t witnessing for God. It isn’t keeping the 10 Commandments or the Golden Rule. “The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.” Or, as Psalm 134 would say it: “Bless God.”
The Bible begins with a journey. “By faith Abraham…set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going. By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tent…he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.” (Hebrews 11:8–10, CSB)
Abraham never found the place for which his heart longed and his soul yearned while he was alive.
Life is a journey. Each oasis we find in the desert ultimately fails to satisfy. We live in tents…but the city we desire remains just out of reach.
We’ll going to look at the Psalms in order to investigate what we need to reach that city.
