The Journey of Purpose

Everyone has a different journey of faith.  Some are surprised to wake up one day and see that Jesus has been walking along with them for some time as seemed to have happened to Cleopas and his friend on the Emmaus Road.  Others are shaken to the core of their being and dropped to the ground on their knees by some powerful moment of divine revelation.  Some experience God like thunder on the mountain and some encounter him in moments filled with silence.  To some the journey of faith seems like the result of spiritual pursuit and then those are those who stumble unawares into the arms of a receiving and loving God.   

Even as the journey of faith begins on different roads and unexpected intersections, so does the way unfold differently.  The journey of faith is always preceded by the work of the Holy Spirit in the human heart and it, therefore, naturally follows that the road forward is prepared by Him.  Even as there is purpose in the calling, so is there purpose in the walking.  Nothing about the journey of faith points to it being a copy of another's journey.  It is, instead, always about the plan of God for each one of us.  It is hard for many of us to get our minds around the reality that part of the mystery of the cross event is the way it makes possible a journey that could never be possible without it.  

The cross is that means of grace made available to those who see it and see it as the way to the home where we belong as well as those who do not see it as life changing power.  The love offered from the cross is as John 3:16 tells us.  It is for everyone, not just some.  Acceptance or rejection is never the issue.  God has a plan which provides a unique way of calling everyone home to Him.  Those who walk that way may begin the journey differently and may walk the way differently, but those on the journey know, too, there is nothing about it which points toward coincidence.