In Psalm 63:1, David wrote, "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is." The Christian life, at best, would be described as a walk or journey of faith. At few points are we invited to put down stakes into the ground and sit a spell. Instead, we move through seasons: - - seasons of valleys and seasons of mountaintops - - seasons of plenty and seasons of drought - - seasons of sunshine and seasons of darkest night - - seasons of rain and flood, and seasons where we must prime the pump with the waters of yesterday to draw today's sustenance. This journey has a map, to be sure, but the signposts can be confusing at times. Other times, we venture into places without seeming to find direction at all. But the destination is clear. It is in ALL of these times that we must build, time and again, one of the most ...
