Life has a nasty habit of not going according to the script. The journey is often longer, harder, and more unpredictable than expected. Victory and defeat, success and failure, joy and tears, are often next door neighbours, happening in quick succession. However, when you follow Biblical principles, ultimate blessing, success, and victory will be yours. Let’s take the example from the life of Joshua. As appointed, anointed and directed by God, he led the children of Israel into the promised land - the inheritance promised to their forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. However, the journey from promise to fulfilment went in directions hard to imagine. 1. Left turn: Jacob/Israel, due to the famine in Joseph’s day, ended up leaving the promised land altogether; 2. Sojourn : Israel ends up living in Egypt. 3. Length : The Egyptian sojourn lasted 400 years. 4. Return...
'The Road Ahead' looks at some of the world trends issues and future forecasts from a Biblical worldview.