It is God to whom and with whom we travel, and while He is the end of our journey, He is also at every stopping place.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that God is both the destination of our spiritual journey and a constant presence along the way.
Elisabeth Elliot's quote reflects the idea that our journey through life is guided by a divine presence. It suggests that while we may ultimately seek God as our ultimate goal, we should also recognize that God's influence and support are felt in our everyday experiences and encounters, serving as reminders of His love and guidance at every moment along the path.
In practice
During a church service to inspire faith and perseverance.
We are not asked to SEE," said Amy. "Why need we when we KNOW?" We know--not the answer to the inevitable Why, but the incontestable fact that it is for the best. "It is an irreparable loss, but is it faith at all if it is 'hard to trust' when things are entirely bewildering?
Prayer lays hold of God's plan and becomes the link between His will and its accomplishment on earth. Amazing things happen, and we are given the privilege of being the channels of the Holy Spirit's prayer.
What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the servants offer and had said to him instead, βlet me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be - let me be a woman'?
Worship is not an experience. Worship is an act, and this takes discipline. We are to worship ''in spirit and in truth.'' Never mind about the feelings. We are to worship in spite of them.
Restlessness and impatience change nothing except our peace and joy. Peace does not dwell in outward things, but in the heart prepared to wait trustfully and quietly on Him who has all things safely in His hands.
If your goal is purity of heart, be prepared to be thought very odd.
In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
Lord Jesus, cause me to know in my daily experience the glory and sweetness of Thy name, and then teach me how to use it in my prayer, so that I may be a prince prevailing with God.
Prayer does not mean that I am to bring God down to my thoughts and my purposes, and bend his government according to my foolish, silly, and sometimes sinful notions. Prayer means that I am to be raised up into feeling, into union and design with him; that I am to enter into his counsel and carry out his purpose fully.
Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.
May we all make the journey to Bethlehem in spirit, taking with us a tender caring heart as our gift to the Savior.
We never become truly spiritual by sitting down and wishing to become so. You must undertake something so great that you cannot accomplish it unaided.
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