"...blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools."
As I read psalm 84 today, this particular piece of passage stood out to me. It says here that not only are we blessed if we look not to ourselves for strength, but to our Jesus.. and then also if our hearts on set on this pilgrimage, or journey, adventure, pursuit, search.. you choose.
I then kept reading and it talked about this Valley of Baka and I wasn't familiar so I looked it up. What I found was while this entire passage is about a journey, Baka refers to a dry place which was passed through on this journey. However, it does not just stop at this dry spot, but it says 'they make it a place of springs..' Even these dry places on the journey are made alive through the joy of the destination.
I really did need to hear this. There are dry days, week, even seasons of our lives.. but we need to let Jesus make these alive. We need to let them be places of springs, even when we feel the dryness. We have this eternal joy of the destination of our journey... wow.. what a lovely picture. That at the end of this journey, our destination is Him. Our destination is Jesus. Our destination is an eternity with our Creator God. Wow.. cool.
I then kept reading and it talked about this Valley of Baka and I wasn't familiar so I looked it up. What I found was while this entire passage is about a journey, Baka refers to a dry place which was passed through on this journey. However, it does not just stop at this dry spot, but it says 'they make it a place of springs..' Even these dry places on the journey are made alive through the joy of the destination.
I really did need to hear this. There are dry days, week, even seasons of our lives.. but we need to let Jesus make these alive. We need to let them be places of springs, even when we feel the dryness. We have this eternal joy of the destination of our journey... wow.. what a lovely picture. That at the end of this journey, our destination is Him. Our destination is Jesus. Our destination is an eternity with our Creator God. Wow.. cool.
