I know not what lies ahead

Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your recovery will speedily spring forth; And your righteousness will go before you; The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

As I journey I find things of the past to be desirable. Not the ways and debauchery that were common but the ideas and philosophy that permeated my life. Not only my life but the life of those around me. There was an idea of brotherhood. A brotherhood that formed a type of filadelfia which was based around life and not the Life.

We journeyed together through all things. From high times to low times; through gain and loss; we journeyed this earth together. Laughing, crying, yelling and fighting we loved one another. That love even went beyond the side by side journey and dove into the realm of the physical protection of one another. The question Cain replied back to the Lord could be answered without doubt and need to hide a wrong. When in a new place your comfort could be found in those that were at your side and had your back.

The passage above reminds me of those times and deepens the desire for a true filadelfia between my brothers and sisters in Christ that beckons the philosophy of the pagan brotherhood. I have yet to truly find this as I journey with the Lord. I see glimpses of it but I tend to find only people of program. They speak but do not walk what they speak.

They have grandiose ideas and want to know what it is but not enough that they make it priority in their life. So as I read the verse and I find that the glory of the Lord will be my rear guard I take comfort in pushing forward. I know not what lies ahead but I know what is behind.

Isaiah 58