A journey of faithA journey of faith is not always an easy-to-follow road map. Instead, a journey of faith is often a one-at-a-time kind of experience. When God called Abram to leave his country, his people, and his father’s household and go, Abram was given no road map. He was given no set of directions. He didn’t even know his destination. God just said to him "Get up and go to the land that I will show you."Abram was expected to go where God led him. He was to go one-step-at-a-time; one-day-at-a-time. He was to go forth solely in faith! There was no guarantee that the journey would be easy. He had his share of troubles and dangers and many broken and postponed dreams. Yet he journeyed in faith putting his trust in God.We, too, need to look upon our lives as a journey and we, too, need to take-one-step-at-a-time; one-day-at-a-time. We never know what is before us. We merely need to go in faith.All of our lives will have dark valleys, such as valleys of despair and depression. There will also be difficult, narrow, and steep trails. God does not promise us an easy journey nor does he give to us a road map that will detour us around these valleys. But he does promise us that he will go with us and will walk with us through them. In Psalm 23:4 we read:"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff they comfort me."So we walk through the journey of life in faith, trusting that God will go with us to help, strengthen, and comfort us. God brings these dark valleys into our lives in order that we may grow closer to Him, to trust Him more, and to grow in our own personal character and integrity.
