For those of us that drive regularly, highways are places of stress due to heavy traffic, accidents, and construction. There is a highway in Jordan named The Desert Highway, a stretch of over 300 miles through the desert. You need to keep a good look out in case a donkey, a goat or a camel is wandering across that are the only friends you might see. Highway signs are no help because many of them are in Arabic only. A Highway policeman told an American tourist, "When you see signs that are both in English and Arabic, that is for you. When you see a sign in Arabic alone, you just ignore it!!"
There are times in our lives when we are left out in the desert highways of fear and anxiety. It can be the wilderness of someone who has been diagnosed with an illness or someone struck with grief by the separation of a loved one. But the good news is that in these desert places God establishes highways so that those who can’t see a way out might regain their sight of hope. Those who are paralyzed by depression and anxiety might leap for joy again, those who thirst for justice might drink from the pool of living water.
In the days of Isaiah, they saw the highway of hope in the wilderness as exiled prisoners returned from Babylon. In Jesus’ day they saw this highway was born in a manger. In our day, we see God’s highway of grace takes shape in our very own hands each time we share our resources, volunteer our time, or help our neighbor in need. We become the highway in the desert making a way for God’s grace to enter the lives of people in need.
As the church of God, we are all in the business of the construction of that highway. It is a highway paved by thousands and thousands of Christians through history. It is a highway that takes the living presence of God to the parched and lonely lands in the desert. It is the highway that gives directions to the ones who are lost in the wilderness without a goal in life. One soul at a time, one community at a time, we continue to step forward paving new stones to prepare the way of the Lord.
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Blessings
Mathew Philip
There are times in our lives when we are left out in the desert highways of fear and anxiety. It can be the wilderness of someone who has been diagnosed with an illness or someone struck with grief by the separation of a loved one. But the good news is that in these desert places God establishes highways so that those who can’t see a way out might regain their sight of hope. Those who are paralyzed by depression and anxiety might leap for joy again, those who thirst for justice might drink from the pool of living water.
In the days of Isaiah, they saw the highway of hope in the wilderness as exiled prisoners returned from Babylon. In Jesus’ day they saw this highway was born in a manger. In our day, we see God’s highway of grace takes shape in our very own hands each time we share our resources, volunteer our time, or help our neighbor in need. We become the highway in the desert making a way for God’s grace to enter the lives of people in need.
As the church of God, we are all in the business of the construction of that highway. It is a highway paved by thousands and thousands of Christians through history. It is a highway that takes the living presence of God to the parched and lonely lands in the desert. It is the highway that gives directions to the ones who are lost in the wilderness without a goal in life. One soul at a time, one community at a time, we continue to step forward paving new stones to prepare the way of the Lord.
Click the link below to hear more
Blessings
Mathew Philip
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