Wandering

How far have you wandered? Are you wandering? Do you know you are wandering? Are you hungering for something but don’t know what? Are you thirsting and never satisfied? Would you like to be shown the way? Are you willing to follow the one who can show you?

We often wander without even realizing it. We stray off the righteous path and start wandering where we shouldn’t quickly. It doesn’t take much to draw our attention to something that appears better. Even if we know it’s not better, it is more appealing in the short term.

The Israelites were no different. They wandered off God’s path. It would them wandering through the desert, being hungry and thirsty, figuratively speaking for a lengthy period of time before they would turn back. We may follow that same trajectory. We wander through life aimlessly or with the wrong goals in mind. We chase after what the world tells us we should chase after. Then, one day, we wake up and see we are wandering and decide to return to the correct path.

Within the past couple weeks, I have heard several people say, since I’ve gotten older, I am now revisiting my life. They want to set themselves right in the eyes of the Lord. They are seeking a relief from the expectations of the world. They are more interested in doing what God has set before them than what man has set before them.

All of us should reevaluate our current standing in life. Are we following God as we should? Or are we continuing to chase after the world? The Israelites eventually opened their eyes and saw they were in trouble without God. We should do the same. For it is only when we are walking with God and following his ways that we can live the life he intended for us, which is a far better life than the one the world has us chasing after.

I pray we all reevaluate what we are pursuing in this life. I pray we open our eyes to recognize where we stand. I pray each one of us will pursue the life God intended for us and get on the correct path. Stop wandering. Seek God’s help. Open your eyes. Get on the correct path.

Psalm 107:4-7

Some wandered in desert wastes, 

finding no way to an inhabited town; 

hungry and thirsty, 

their soul fainted within them. 

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, 

and he delivered them from their distress; 

he led them by a straight way, 

until they reached an inhabited town.