Psalm 119:130 – The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. (NIV)

My little horse Frank had never taken a journey in the horse trailer before. Therefore, I was very concerned about the 2000-kilometre trip to our new home that lay ahead of us.

The first step in preparing Frank for this ride was to accustom him to boarding the trailer. I coaxed, offered treats, tugged, and pulled. No way was he going in. An acquaintance solved the problem for me when she told me to start feeding him in the trailer. If his food were in there, he would eventually go in to eat and also come to see the trailer as a safe place — which is exactly what happened.

Now that I had him comfortable with the trailer, I wondered how he would actually deal with riding in the vehicle over the mountainous and often bumpy roads which lay ahead. Would he fall? Would he become frightened and begin kicking and thrashing about? There was really no way of knowing until the time came to get on the road.

Much to my relief, Frank was a wonderful traveller. I checked on him many times throughout our travels and came to see how he was handling it so well. When we climbed uphill, he planted his backside into the back corner of the trailer and leaned back. When we descended the hill, he remained in the same position but braced his front feet and also leaned against the side of the trailer for added support. What a smart guy! Here I had been worried about him!

Likewise, as we journey through life with all its ups and downs, we, too, can learn to be marvellous travellers by placing our faith firmly and securely in God's Word and in His faithfulness to His Word. The unfolding of God's Word in our lives gives us both light and understanding. It has the power to reveal how we should view the world and the various things that happen to us amid this life. It has the power to strengthen, stabilize, and brace us up as we choose to trust and employ it in our lives. The Word can transform fear into courage, sadness into joy, uncertainty into godly direction, worry into peace, despair into hope, hatred into love, and doubt into faith as we allow it to direct our thoughts and actions.

Frank turned out to be a wise and wonderful traveller. As we choose to plant our faith and will upon the truth of God's Word and His faithfulness to it, so shall we, too, become wise and wonderful life travellers — something that is exactly what we should want to achieve.

Prayer: Thank You, Father, for Your Word and the power that it can have in our lives. May we be wise enough to trust and apply it daily. In Christ's name, we pray. Amen.

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