September 15, 2019 (Sunday)
Yesterday’s blog was about “a land where we never grow old,” which, of course, is Heaven. Today I want to talk about the life journey on the way to Heaven. I heard someone say, “We hear much about “The Sweet Bye and Bye,” but what about the sweet “Now and Now?”
Hopefully, as we look back over our lives, we are able to say sincerely, “Jesus led me all the way,” which happens to be the hymn in the blog today.
When Paul declared that he was “forgetting the past,” he said in the same sentence that he was looking forward to the future. He was not regretting the past, except for those years when he was “kicking against the goads,” fighting the call of the Lord to become His servant.
Once he met Christ, he surrendered his life to Him, and took the gospel to as many as he could reach, all over his world. He could have easily said, “Jesus led me all the way.” In fact, he said something like that when he wrote to his “son in the ministry,” Timothy, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
Through all kinds of trials, Paul persevered to the end of his life, following the leadership of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
This hymn by John Peterson, puts into words what is welling up in our hearts today. The message is clear: when we get to heaven, we will give all the praise to Jesus. He leads us day by day.
JESUS LED ME ALL THE WAY
John Peterson
Some day life’s journey will be o’er
And I shall reach that distant shore,
I’ll sing while ent’ring Heaven’s door
“Jesus led me all the way.”
Jesus led me all the way,
Led me step by step each day;
I will tell the saints and angels
As I lay my burden down
“Jesus led me all the way.
If God should let me there review
The winding paths of earth I knew,
It would be proven clear and true
Jesus led me all the way.
Jesus led me all the way,
Led me step by step each day;
I will tell the saints and angels
As I lay my burden down
“Jesus led me all the way.
And hitherto my Lord has led,
Today He guides each step I tread,
And soon in Heav’n it will be said
Jesus led me all the way.
Jesus led me all the way,
Led me step by step each day;
I will tell the saints and angels
As I lay my burden down
“Jesus led me all the way.