Highway Builder

[S] Isaiah 49:11 --
11 "I will make all My mountains a road,
And My highways will be raised up.

[O] When I think of mountains, I usually think of the terrains that are rough and harsh in some cases for man to travel (or hike) on.  But God says He will make His mountains a road even upgrading them to be highway.  Now I'm envisioning highways being raised up out of the tall and fearful mountains signifying how God will tame the wild and roughness of my selfish desires to be His highways to carry out His message of love to many as I can.

[A] As God claims these to be His mountains, I need to bow down to Him for His sovereign reign over this world I live in.  There is nothing that He cannot change or control.  I need not put Him in a little box so I can watch Him but rather He is above all watching how I live in this world He created for me.

[P] Dear Father, I praise You for creating this wonderful world for me to live in.  Forgive me for not recognizing that while abusing it in ways never intended by You.  May I begin to live in accord with Your amazing works of raising up highways from the mountains so that my life will raise up super highways to carry Your word throughout this world.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.

Highways to Zion

[S] Psalm 84:5, 85:13 --
    ⁵How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
         In whose heart are the highways to Zion! 
    ¹³Righteousness will go before Him
         And will make His footsteps into a way. 

[O] The these of a "road" came to mind from these two passages because in Psalm 84:5 highways to Zion in the blessed man's heart and in psalm 85:13 the righteous person's footsteps will make the pathway for him to walk righteously before God.  Many times I am frustrated at myself because I feel like I'm stuck in a rut of busyness and running around like a chicken with its head cut off.  But finding strength in God will pave the clear highway (or perhaps broadband Internet connection may be more appropriate in our times) to Zion which represents the presence of God.  How does a heart containing such highways look like?  Verse 85:13 seems to give me a glimpse into that question because such highways are founded on daily footsteps of going before Him.  There is no easy way but a daily desiring to walk toward His ways will eventually establish a wonderful highways to Zion.

[A] As my mind's seeking to get some strengths these days in the midst of many activities at home, work, and church, I must turn to Psalm 84:5 to find the strength in God foremost.  This is surely going to open up the flood gates for me to rush towards God.

[P] Dear God, I desire the strength in You and my every day footsteps turning into highways leading right up to Your presence.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.