See Jesus, And He Will Get You Where You Need to Go

"By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went." (Hebrews 11:8)

"Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went." (John 6:21)

The two verses have been featured prominently in mind today. The key word "whither" stands out in the English translations of these to verses, even though they are two different words in the original Greek.

Do you wonder if you are going the right way? Taking the right steps? Making the right choices? For the last two weeks, I wondered if I was going in the right direction, or I felt that there was no sense of direction for me to take, as in which way am I supposed to go? I saw nothing but problems, reckoning my situation based on what I was seeing, rather than focusing on what Jesus is doing.

Like Abram, later Abraham, we know that God has offered us many precious promises, and He is interested in fulfilling everyone of them in our lives. Abram demonstrates faith in that he took God at His Word and didn't try to figure out every aspect of God's good will and the opportunities He wanted to afford to His faithful servant and friend.

I compared the verse in Hebrews with the often-overlooked miracle which Jesus performed in John 6:21. The disciples wanted to get to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. They faced strong headwinds, however, and had only rowed about one tenth of the distance. Despite their best efforts, and they knew where they were headed, they just couldn't get to their destination.

Then they saw Jesus walking on the water towards them. He calmed their fears, declaring "Be not afraid. I am." Then welcomed Him into their ship, and they immediately, right away arrived at their destination.

Whether we know or do not know where we are going, whatever matters is that when we see Jesus, when we look upon Him, when we bring Him into more of our daily walk, we let Him shower His favor further into our lives, we will without a doubt arrive where we need to be going, even if we are not sure where exactly that will be!