Mile Markers
Mile Markers
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
-Matthew 5:6
Read: 1 Corinthians 3:1-3, Hebrews 5:12
When I was a child I can remember asking my father the all too familiar question of “are we there yet?” At the time, I was amazed by the accuracy my father had when giving an expected time of arrival, and perplexed how he could remember the times to so many different places. I set forth that I would be able to master this skill by adulthood and be as Randy Travis stated “King of the Road”.
The thought never really crossed my mind again until recently I was traveling to the deep South town of Montegut, about 45 miles south of New Orleans. I followed a friend from Shreveport who knew the way to the camp that we would be staying at for the week. I can remember laughing, because he would call me periodically throughout the trip to let me know how long it would be until we got there; first “It’ll be five hours”, about an hour later- “It’ll be about four hours”, another hour passes- “Just three more hours”. To top it off, nearly every mile marker we passed that denoted a distance from a major city, I would receive a phone call to tell me how far away we were from that city.
Sometimes I wish there were mile markers or someone reminding me of how far along I am on my spiritual journey. How far have I come? Have I become mature? Am I heading in the right direction? Although others can certainly look at my life and make their best evaluation, there is no substitute for reflection of myself and where I am at in my spiritual journey. Paul says one of the biggest indicators of our spiritual maturity is what you do with the word.
God’s word is describe as food in these passages. How often am I feeding on God’s word? If this were physical food would I be able to survive with the amount I take in?
What type of food am I feeding on? When I study do I ponder the basic rudiments of Christianity (baptism, repentance, resurrection) or do I search for how to personally live a righteous life?
I Love YOU,
Jonathan Long