March 5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, who have set their hearts on pilgrimage. Psalm 84:5 We begin our journey with words that instruct us to set our hearts on pilgrimage. Our pilgrimage is to the Father; our Lord Jesus is the only One who can take us there. In John 14 Thomas says to Jesus “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” To which Jesus replies “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” We are to travel with Jesus. We are to “set” our hearts on this journey to the Father by looking full into the face of our Lord. Like a parent coaxing a young child in his first steps, so He calls us forth–arms extended while we unsteadily make our way to Him. Often even considering making the journey is more than we can handle. When we begin to count the cost, when we begin to imagine the burdens or envision the obstacles, we quickly realize that we don’t have what we need to make the journey. And we are so very right. But consider the words again–“blessed are those whose strength is in You”– it is not our strength to generate. That strength lives in the Father; it is ours as we are in Him. Lord Jesus, I enter this Lenten season longing for You. Or perhaps, I long to long for You. As you walked through the wilderness, so I want You to walk with me through the wilderness of my heart. That I may discard all that keeps me from You; that I might embrace all that would draw me to You. That when Easter arrives at the end of this season, I may know that “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20. Lord, hear my prayer.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 15:31:17 +0000
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