"A Long Obedience in the Same Direction" | The Way, Part 15

Published: July 29, 2020, 8:13 p.m.

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Remember, O\\xa0Lord, in David's favor, all\\xa0the hardships he endured, how he swore to the\\xa0Lord\\xa0and\\xa0vowed to\\xa0the Mighty One of Jacob, \\u201cI will not enter my house or get into my bed, I will not\\xa0give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids, until I\\xa0find a place for the\\xa0Lord, a dwelling place for\\xa0the Mighty One of Jacob.\\u201d\\xa0Behold, we heard of it in\\xa0Ephrathah; we found it in\\xa0the fields of Jaar. \\u201cLet us go to his dwelling place;\\xa0let us\\xa0worship at his\\xa0footstool!\\u201d Arise, O\\xa0Lord, and go to your\\xa0resting place, you and the ark of your\\xa0might. Let your\\xa0priests be\\xa0clothed with righteousness, and let your\\xa0saints shout for joy.\\xa0For the sake of your servant David, do not turn away the face of\\xa0your anointed one. The\\xa0Lord\\xa0swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: \\u201cOne of the sons of your body\\xa0I will set on your throne. If your sons keep my covenant\\xa0and my testimonies that I shall teach them, their sons also forever shall\\xa0sit on your throne.\\u201d\\xa0For the\\xa0Lord\\xa0has\\xa0chosen Zion;\\xa0he has\\xa0desired it for his dwelling place: \\u201cThis is my\\xa0resting place forever; here I will\\xa0dwell, for I have desired it.\\xa0I will abundantly\\xa0bless her provisions; I will\\xa0satisfy her poor with bread. Her\\xa0priests I will clothe with salvation,\\xa0and her\\xa0saints will shout for joy.\\xa0There I will make\\xa0a horn to sprout for David; I have prepared\\xa0a lamp for\\xa0my anointed. His enemies I will\\xa0clothe with shame, but on him his crown will shine.\\u201d Psalm 132:1-18 (ESV)

  1. A Long Memory of the Past\\u2026
  2. A Hopeful Vision of the Future
  3. A Courageous Faith in the Present

\\u201cHow do we get both the sense of stability and the spirit of adventure, the ballast of true health and the zest of true sanity? How do we get the adult maturity to keep our feet on the ground and retain our childlike innocence to make the leap of faith?\\u201d \\u2013 Eugene Peterson

As they were going\\xa0along the road,\\xa0someone said to him, \\u201cI will follow you wherever you go.\\u201d And Jesus said to him,\\xa0\\u201cFoxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.\\u201d Luke 9:57-58 (ESV)

\\u201cIf you love me, you will\\xa0keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another\\xa0Helper,\\xa0to be with you forever, even\\xa0the Spirit of truth,\\xa0whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and\\xa0will be\\xa0in you. John 14:15-19

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