Destination and Current Location

There are some simple truths that have a lot more going on behind them.

Recently, I was reminded of that.

A friend was conversing and said, “Christopher, do you believe you’ve reached the final destination for your life?”

“I sincerely hope not.”

“So your current location is not your final destination.”

“Hmmmmmm … no. On that logic, no, my current location is not my final destination.”

“Well you know what that means, then, don’t you?”

I was a bit slow on the uptake that day and responded, “No. What does that mean.”

“It means you will have to move on from your current location. Move from here to reach there. And in moving you have to prepare to leave what you have found to be familiar and reassuring. You have to be prepared to leave it because it is not your destination.”

That made a lot of sense to me as my friend continued.

“Check your life in retrospect. You have not always been here. You had to travel, you had to grow, you had to experience change to reach here. That’s not always the case with people. Some are keen to settle and are told to settle as soon as they can. Growing old is growing settled for them. Retirement is a destination for some and the journey is to reach and end there. That’s not the case for you is it, Christopher?”

“I’ve never thought about retirement as a destination. Not at all.”

“I guess that you would say that you destination is the place where you’ve completed all that God has called you to do and you have faithfully grown in knowing Jesus throughout that.”

“Yeah, that’s the goal.”

“That’s the destination.”

“Yeah – that as well.”

“And you’re aware that this particular destination takes you way beyond life today.”

“Yeah.”

“So that means, you keep on moving.”

“I keep on moving?”

“Sure. You keep on growing, you keep on going. You can rest for a while at a place and consider and reflect for a season. The idea, though, is that as long as you have not reached your destination, you were never meant to stay in your current location.”

“Hmmmmmm …”

“This is why you’re just a stranger and a pilgrim wandering through. Blessing as you go, but still moving until you reach that destination.”

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For His Name’s Sake

Shalom

C. L. J. Dryden