Week 1: "Are We There Yet?"

“ARE WE THERE YET?” What family hasn’t heard those infamous words echo across the car as it travels along the road? Perhaps you can even remember uttering those words during your childhood as you eagerly awaited your destination, or maybe you’ve seen the exasperation on your parent’s faces as they told you it has only been five minutes since you last asked?

Life is a journey. That is why it is so important to enjoy every moment of life, rather than focus too much on future destinations. The danger of only living for the destinations is that so many of life’s best moments can be missed if you aren’t looking for them.

In our spiritual journey as well, there are many of these significant mile markers: our first call to follow Christ, a blessing that came at just the right time, moments of God’s forgiveness, times when we shared Christ with others, and many more. While these are not our end destination, they are important points along our journey we should celebrate and remember. God longs for these spiritual mile markers and He celebrates them with us. This week’s authors will share some of their own spiritual mile markers with us. So take the time to watch out for them in your life; learn from them and thank God every mile of your journey.

—Pastor Dan