How Are You Traveling?

The days of traveling with little ones, I remember the hope that they would sleep away many miles. My hopes usually didn't materialize! Throughout Scripture Believers are reminded this world is not our home, that our "citizenship is in heaven" (Philippians 3:20, ESV). We rightly conclude we are travelers, pilgrims, sojourners, temporary residents of this earth. Are you a good traveler? During travel with three boys, at times Mister Bill and I had to remind them to "tone it down" or suggest we play the "quiet game." I wonder how that fits the spiritual traveler today: is our travel marked with complaining, murmuring, impatience, anger, bitterness and such? Octavius Winslow suggests: "We think too faintly and too seldom of heaven." Faint and seldom thought of Believers' promised destination surely influences the attitude with which we travel. In contrast, those who live (walk) with The Spirit will be marked by His fruit: "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control" (Galatians 5:22-23, NASB). Winslow offers this challenge to us-Saints as we pilgrim toward Heaven where God is: "Will you not stretch every nerve, endure every privation, and relinquish every weight, thus to reach this glorious city of God?" When the trip seemed endless to the boys, we reminded them of the fun that was coming; to be more faithful and obedient travelers, Believers must think more distinctly and more often of our eternal destination. How are you traveling?