[This reflection was published in the weekly news bulletin of Horley Baptist Church, 26/June/2022]
He leads us like a horse in the wilderness that we might not stumble.
Isaiah Chapter 63 v13
We have a picture in our lounge of a landscape with wild flowers in the foreground – houses in the middle ground and the open sea in the background.
I was thinking about how Jesus leads us in our lives, when we first knew Him we are delighted in His beauty and presence, just loving what Holy Spirit is doing – bathing in His love for us. Enjoying His fragrance.
Then we have to dwell and communicate with others, those that we live with, and next door too, it’s not always easy. They don’t think the same way as we do, don’t have the same outlook on life as we do.
But … Jesus says look at the bigger picture. We can go forward, beyond what we are going through now, there is a wider horizon.
Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith.
Hebrews 12 v 1 and 2
Remember ‘love’, it covers a multitude of sins. In the 10 commandments the first two are great, love God and your neighbour as yourself. His Love is higher than the highest of mountains, His love is deeper than the deepest of seas, His love it stretches to the farthest horizon and His love it reaches to me.
Every blessing
Contributed by Chris Ginter; © Chris Ginter