This is the First Step to a Life-Changing Journey

Published: Aug. 25, 2020, 4 p.m.

 

God is inviting you to join with Him on a journey.

It is a journey you probably have never taken. Because of that, there will be times it seems strange – and you may even have thoughts like, “I don’t want to do this.”

But, this is how God described the outcome of the journey to His prophet Isaiah.

“For ye shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace: The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off” (Isaiah 55:12-13).

Almighty God is saying your daily life will be filled with joy and you will live daily with a peaceful mind and emotions, regardless of the circumstances surrounding you.

Instead of your days being filled with regret, drama, condemnation, anxiety, fear or worry there will be singing and clapping; celebrating the goodness of God and His bountiful blessings in your life.

The power of the curse will be removed.

  • The curse brought thorns and thistles to the earth.
  • The curse that brought pain and conflict into the human experience.
  • The curse that is passed from generation to generation is purged from your life and your generations.

“Christ has redeemed us from the curse, having been made a curse for us; for it is written cursed is everyone that hangs on a tree” (Galatians 3:13-14).

God declared your life will be solid and stable like a fir tree and your life will be a source of healing and comfort to others as the oil is from a  myrtle tree.

You will be linked to the name of God in covenant as an everlasting sign.

This is the First Step to a Life-Changing Journey

Can you see that the blessings of this journey far outweigh any personal sacrifice or cost that may be required for your life?

Jesus Christ said it another way.

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For w