A Christian’s journey is a great one, filled with excitement, joy, peace and adventures. It is at once perilous and fulfilling and the final destination is assured and yet the sights we will see along the way are not always evident at the beginning.

We begin our journey when we are baptized into Christ, and at the point into which we enter a new life in Him.  Some at this point suffer from a misunderstanding that all is done, but we’ve only pulled out of the station.  The real adventure has just begun as we begin to learn more about life as a Christian, as we begin slowly at first to grow spiritually.  Temptations will come, missteps will be made, but these will help us to grow and we will continue to move down the track.

As we continue, we will come to understand more as the scenery passes by.  We will come to realize that we are part of a great plan to redeem Mankind.  We will come to recognize that our Lord is using us as His instruments in this great plan and as we continue on our journey we will be more and more able to do our parts. The road ahead may take us high into the mountains, or across great parries as we serve Him.  It may cross great rivers or slide beside calm lakes, but in all things we will serve our Lord more and more and ourselves less and less.

We will meet many others along the route, some will be friends, others will be fellow workers in this great purpose; some may be opposed, but with all we will learn to show the love of our King and Savior.  If all goes well, we will develop into people who can lead others to relationship with our Lord.  We will also become people who can lead other Christians into a greater level of maturity in Christ so that they will lead others to Him. Through all of this, we will come more and more to appreciate the wonder of being in fellowship with the God who created the universe.  This world will become less and less attractive, His purpose will become more and more important to us, and finally the day will come when we are ready to reach our journey’s end.

As we pull into the final station, our hearts will be filled with joy, our journey complete.  Yet as with any journey, arrival at our final destination is but a beginning of a new experience, for our final destination is but the beginning of another journey, the journey through eternity at the side of our heavenly Master.