Joy in the Journey (by Michael Card)
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There is a joy in the journey,
there's a light we can love on the way.
There is a wonder and wildness to life,
and freedom for those who obey.
All those who seek it shall find it,
a pardon for all who believe.
Hope for the hopeless and sight for the blind
To all who've been born of the Spirit
and who share incarnation with him;
who belong to eternity, stranded in time,
and weary of struggling with sin.
Forget not the hope
that's before you,
and never stop counting the cost.
Remember the hopelessness when you were lost?

Many people find their Christian walk dry, dull, lifeless and very dead. But remember the hopelessness when you were lost? When you remember that hopelessness, that hollow empty feeling of searching but never finding, of hoping but never receiving, it would be silly and very foolish to return back to those days of hopelessness right?

There is a wonder and wildness to life and freedom for those who obey. This is really a paradox isn't it, but the only way to freedom is like what this says: only when you obey. In obedience to God will one be awestruck and wild and free to run the race. Keep at this journey and do not stray away.