We live in a very mobile world. Everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere.

Throughout Scripture, God often taught people the greatest lessons along the journey.

Today, we continue with Scott Pauli, our study through the great journeys of the Bible.

Our prayer is that you will rediscover the adventure of walking with God.

Up to this point in our study, we have been looking at the great journeys of the Bible

in the order that they're found in Scripture.

But today, I want to back up just a little bit, if you'll allow me to do so, in the chronology

of the way these journeys are given, to the last journey that Jesus will make.

I want to take a story from Matthew chapter 25 that the Lord Jesus shared with his disciples.

You'll understand what I mean in just a moment.

The Bible says beginning in verse 14,

for the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country,

who called his own servants and delivered under them his goods,

and under one he gave five talents to another two, to another one, to every man according

to his several ability, and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five

talents went and traded with the same and made them other five talents. And likewise, he that

had received two, he also gained other two.

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth and hid his Lord's money.

After a long time, the Lord of those servants cometh and reckoneth with them.

Now, we know that the rest of this story is an account of that reckoning, and that those who

used what was put in their hands wisely were rewarded and blessed, and the one who hid his Lord's money

in the earth was judged. In fact, what he had received initially was even taken away from him.

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