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. 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.

Sometimes when we study the Bible we get so locked in to the details right where we're studying.

I'm talking about the definition of a word and all the intricacies in a passage, and that's very important.

And I recommend that you study the words and the details. But sometimes we can do that so much

that we miss the big picture, the broad themes, how things are connected in scripture, how

the old and the New Testament work together, what one great author called the unfolding

drama of redemption.

And frankly, until you can get the birds eye view, the big picture,

you have a hard time understanding all of the parts,

because all the parts make the whole.

When you read the Bible, basically the Bible is a book of journeys.

We've been studying many of these great journeys of the Bible, but have you noticed the great movements? For example, first in Scripture, it seems that the journey of all of humanity was away from God. And that's what you see in Adam and Eve. That's what you see in Canaan Abel. That's what you see in the world of Noah's Day.

It's like the whole world is running in the opposite direction. That's what sin does. It's a movement

away from God. It's a journey out of God's perfect will. Then it's as if scripture begins to shift

as the Lord shows us that his desire is to bring all of humanity

back into fellowship with Him, into a real relationship with God, back to himself.

That's really the story of the Bible, it's the story of salvation.

It is the Lord coming to us to bring us to Him.

And so, where man first was journeying away from God, we learn in

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