Footsteps to Zion

Imagine your life was like a car. Throughout one’s life, one embarks on small journeys that are supposed to lead him to his ultimate destination. But whether or not you get to your eternal destination is determined by one thing - where God is in your "car." Is He outside? Is God watching us drive our lives from the outside like a spectator in a car race? He can only watch but He has no access to what is going on inside of us. We don't hear His voice. We go on in our lives without God in the picture. And the only thing He is expected to do is to cheer us on. Those who are in this situation are like cars going around in circles, lacking a clear direction and purpose. Consuming gas but not getting where they were meant to go. Travelling but not getting there. This happened for the Israelites in a time when they had no king so everyone just did what was right in their own eyes (Judges 21:25). The same can happen with us today. If God is outside of our car, we wil...

A “ trial ” is a test, usually over a limited period of time, of the qualities or suitability of someone. Gold, a precious metal is refined as it goes through the fire. The fire removes dirt and unwanted particles from gold. Our lives are like gold , tried in the fire of difficulties.  How we respond to the trials determine if we shall come out as pure gold. There are three people in the Bible who offer us examples of the different kinds of responses to God appointed difficulties: King Saul’s Trial King Saul was the first king of Israel and he had to fight against the Philistines’ army. In 1 Samuel 13, their enemy was far greater than they were. King Saul had 3,000 men while the Philistines had 30,000 chariots, 6,000 horsemen and people as many as the sand. As a result, fear swept through the men of King Saul. In 1 Samuel 13:7-8 it says, “…all the people who followed him were trembling, and the rest were scattered…” On top of this, the man of God, prophet Samuel delayed in ...