Trust in the Direction not the Destination

Many of us build five-year plans, but we forget that where we think we’ll end up may be vastly

different than where the Lord has planned. Our eternal destination is Heaven, but our daily

destination on Earth is uncertain. The only certainty as followers of Christ is the direction of the

Way Who is Jesus.

“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for

an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in

the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the

heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose

builder and maker is God.” Hebrews 11:8-10

Abraham stepped out in faith, not knowing the destination, only the direction. He went out and

sojourned because he trusted the God Who called him. Abraham immediately stepped out in pure

faith when God called him to a promised land, when God said He would provide Abraham with

descendants, and when God called Abraham to sacrifice his only son. What would it take for us

today to step out in pure faith? Would we be content with a direction and not a detailed

destination?

Many times, the Lord gave directions for Abraham to follow, without sight of a destination. But

every step Abraham took with God was immediate and out of pure faith. Abraham should have

questioned everything, but he didn’t. And because he didn’t, God provided. We overwhelm

ourselves, we worry, we fall, because we misplace our eyes. Our eyes need to look to nothing

more than each step led by Jesus. Abraham not only sojourned in a strange land, but this land

was of a promise. We are, “heirs with him of the same promise.” Just as Abraham looked for the

city “whose builder and maker is God,” let us stay with the Direction, not the destination, Who is

Christ Jesus!