Apologetics

Everyone's Journey

by Olawale Ogunsola
10/11/23
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==Every man born of a woman embarks on a journey. Every journey has a beginning and an ending. The journey of each person starts on the day he was born. On that day, the parents and all well-wishers were rejoicing that they were blessed with a new baby and that membership of the family had increased.

As this happens, the Traveller will be crying because he has come to a terrain he knew nothing about and the atmosphere is not friendly compared with where he is coming from. Not only that, he did not know the duration of the journey.

God put the total number of kilometers (years) to cover at one hundred and twenty but his Prophet who went through the whole kilometers successfully put the total kilometers at seventy or eighty ladened with various difficulties.

The truth is that many people are designed to walk the whole one hundred and twenty or the Prophet's alternatives. However, this journey is completed by many people by taking short routes in various ways. That is why some people complete the journey after thirty, forty, or fifty kilometers or less. Irrespective of the kilometers covered, the journey must come to an end.

The beauty and joy of a traveler are to arrive at his destination safely and successfully, rejoicing with "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of the Lord." This depends on the experience on the way to the end. Sadly, so many travelers were not able to finish the journey well because they failed to follow all the traffic rules and regulations.

The ways such people comported themselves and their relationship with others on the same journey as well as loss of contact with the Personality Who sent them on the journey were contributing factors. At the end of the journey, they did not arrive at the right hand of their Savior Who enlisted them on that journey but they ended up in the left hand where there is unending torment.

Beloved, do you know that you are on the journey already? How many kilometers (years) have you covered? Do you take cognizance of the remaining kilometers you have to cover? How do you want to cover them? Do you want to take shorter routes to complete the journey as against the plan of your Creator? Please, be very careful!

Therefore, do not walk on the way alone without a good relationship with God Who sent you here (Earth) to do only His bidding. You will give an account of all your activities on the way home. What are you enjoying now that will be to your disadvantage at the end of your journey in life? It is wise to forsake them now because your journey can come to a stop at any time. Your God also reserves the right to end your journey for the best reasons only known to Him. How will you end it? You started the journey crying, it will be better to end it with joy. Where will you end your journey at the end of life? On the right hand of the Lord or the left? May the Lord help you and may you accept His help to end your journey well in the name of Jesus Christ. Stay blessed and prepared for the imminent coming of the Lord.

Scripture references:
Genesis 6:1-4; Psalms 90:4-12; Matthew 25:14-46.