This would kind of be easier to explain with pencil and paper or some kind of paint/drawing application but I suck at both, so I will try to illustrate with words more of what this journey is for me.
Imagine a big city filled with believers and unbelievers. Full of light and no concept of time. Think of it as THE city. A symbolic representation of faith, in the middle of our creation but it is also more then that. It is the middle of ALL creation. Everything and I mean everything that He made. The reason it has no concept of time is because God is outside of time. He was with us, is with us now and will be with us all at the same time. God is non-linear. So you will have to approach this in two ways at the same time. The first way is the realization and understanding of the last three sentences and the second is from a human/linear point of view. If you can do that then most of what I share will maybe make sense. Hopefully.
Now many people are called to God but we all know that too few will answer. There are those who have left the city, and have set up shop in other places making smaller cities and smaller towns and sometimes just an outpost of some kind. Many of the ones who answer will stay in the city to help their brothers and sisters to find their way to God, sometimes in vain but we don't give up on them because God won't give up on us.
Even though some are found they still end up a little lost. They get comfortable. Now there isn't anything wrong with being comfortable but when it starts to affect your Faith in a negative way then yes becoming comfortable is bad, and you could end up worse off then you were when you were lost.
Now people leave the city for many reasons. Fear, doubt , faith, trust. Sometimes God calls people out and sometimes the devil calls people out. If you look back through the bible you will find that many of the prophets had left the city to be closer to God and to help their brothers and sisters be closer to God. If you look through the present times, you will see that many of his children have also left the city with the intentions of getting/being closer to God and helping their brothers and sisters be closer to God.(missionaries) And as far the future is concerned well I can't see that but I trust in God.
Now combine the prophets that were, are and will be into this group that I am talking about. Some come back to the city to help enlighten fellow believers and some do not. Either they got lost or God asked them to stay in the smaller cities/towns or He called them out further into the dark and some have kept going and some have set up outposts. Little points of light to help those that will follow. Those that are seeking. Some of these outposts are empty. Just a place to rest up and either go back or keep going. now all these prophets are guides given to us by God to help us get to Him. (We are a stubborn, doubtful, fearful, people. We need all the help we can get. We truly NEED God.)
So I have left the city. Answering His call, with at times sluggish feet. Piddled around here and there through out my life. I can still see the lights of the city. I can still feel the warmth of the light upon my skin. My heart aches with its memory. As much as I long to go back and find some nice warm comfortable place to be I hear Gods word, His song ringing from the desert. My journey is not done. There is much for me to learn out here in the wilderness. There is much that God has yet to show me. It is my hope that at the end of my journey you won''t just see me. It is my hope that you will see Him.
So I will place one foot in front of the other, knowing that I do not walk alone. God is with me always.
Imagine a big city filled with believers and unbelievers. Full of light and no concept of time. Think of it as THE city. A symbolic representation of faith, in the middle of our creation but it is also more then that. It is the middle of ALL creation. Everything and I mean everything that He made. The reason it has no concept of time is because God is outside of time. He was with us, is with us now and will be with us all at the same time. God is non-linear. So you will have to approach this in two ways at the same time. The first way is the realization and understanding of the last three sentences and the second is from a human/linear point of view. If you can do that then most of what I share will maybe make sense. Hopefully.
Now many people are called to God but we all know that too few will answer. There are those who have left the city, and have set up shop in other places making smaller cities and smaller towns and sometimes just an outpost of some kind. Many of the ones who answer will stay in the city to help their brothers and sisters to find their way to God, sometimes in vain but we don't give up on them because God won't give up on us.
Even though some are found they still end up a little lost. They get comfortable. Now there isn't anything wrong with being comfortable but when it starts to affect your Faith in a negative way then yes becoming comfortable is bad, and you could end up worse off then you were when you were lost.
Now people leave the city for many reasons. Fear, doubt , faith, trust. Sometimes God calls people out and sometimes the devil calls people out. If you look back through the bible you will find that many of the prophets had left the city to be closer to God and to help their brothers and sisters be closer to God. If you look through the present times, you will see that many of his children have also left the city with the intentions of getting/being closer to God and helping their brothers and sisters be closer to God.(missionaries) And as far the future is concerned well I can't see that but I trust in God.
Now combine the prophets that were, are and will be into this group that I am talking about. Some come back to the city to help enlighten fellow believers and some do not. Either they got lost or God asked them to stay in the smaller cities/towns or He called them out further into the dark and some have kept going and some have set up outposts. Little points of light to help those that will follow. Those that are seeking. Some of these outposts are empty. Just a place to rest up and either go back or keep going. now all these prophets are guides given to us by God to help us get to Him. (We are a stubborn, doubtful, fearful, people. We need all the help we can get. We truly NEED God.)
So I have left the city. Answering His call, with at times sluggish feet. Piddled around here and there through out my life. I can still see the lights of the city. I can still feel the warmth of the light upon my skin. My heart aches with its memory. As much as I long to go back and find some nice warm comfortable place to be I hear Gods word, His song ringing from the desert. My journey is not done. There is much for me to learn out here in the wilderness. There is much that God has yet to show me. It is my hope that at the end of my journey you won''t just see me. It is my hope that you will see Him.
So I will place one foot in front of the other, knowing that I do not walk alone. God is with me always.
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