Tuesday, March 13, 2018

The Pilgrim Pathway

“Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country” (Numbers 20:17).

This was the request of the Israelites when they reached the borders of Edom. There is a great parallel for our own pathways. See what conditions were laid out:

“We will not … ”

“pass through the fields” (worldly pleasures);

“or through the vineyards” (worldly joy);

“neither will we drink of the water of the wells” (worldly refreshment).

“We will go … ”

“by the king’s high way” (God’s path).

“We will not … ”

“turn to the right hand nor to the left” (no distractions).

“Until … ”

“we have passed thy borders.” (We are in the world only for a while, on our way to heaven).