Jet Lagged: Travel Tips to Follow on Your Way to Your Destin(y)ation

The crazy thing about traveling is that it can be really expensive, but price is only a minor technicality to people who really want to go to where it is that their heart desires to go. For the budget conscious person, high price tags can be discouraging, especially after you see 4 digit numbers with a comma attached to the place that you desire to travel to the most.

For those who are not afraid to take a leap of faith, consider for a second where it is that you desire to travel.
• Now, consider the cheapest city for you to fly out of?
• What airline do you desire to fly on?
• How long will you be at your destination ?
• Where will you stay when you land?
• Are you traveling alone?
• How much will it cost?
• Is there a lay over?

The price for a plan ticket from Atlanta, Georgia to Abuja, Nigeria on a Delta flight is $5797.55. The lay over for this flight is 23 hours spent in beautiful Paris,France. All of this information seems exciting and perhaps ideal if you have the money to go, but what about the jet lag?

For those of you who don’t know what jet lag is, it is defined as being severe exhaustion and other physical effects that a individual feels after they have traveled on a long flight across
multiple time zones. Jet lag can cause insomnia due to being in a time zone that your body is not accustomed to.

The idea of traveling to a far away place seems fun and exciting , right? It seems like something that you can’t wait to share with the world, but many people don’t share the cost, time spent traveling, or the exhaustion that they felt before sharing those awesome pictures on Facebook and instagram. Destiny is a lot like this.

We know that people have gone through some hard moments, but a lot of times, all we see or pay attention to is the end result. We look at the adventures of others and we tell ourselves that we want to do what they are doing, but we never consider what it took for them to get that place.
Answer me this, what are you going through at this very moment that no one knows about? Are you in school ? Are you sadly single although you know that the Lord told you that you had a husband or wife? Are you in-between dreams right now?

Consider this:
“Now the Lord had said to Abram:“Get out of your country,From your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him”. (Genesis 12:1-4 NKJV)

In order to board the flight to destiny, the cost was obedience and the abandonment of comfort. Abram had to leave all that he knew, but he had one thing in his carry on that he was not supposed to bring; Lot. When you are going somewhere, there are somethings that you will have to leave home or it will cost you extra money; you may even have to throw it away. Lot became a bit of a hinderance and Abram had to make a decision. Yes, Lot became blessed, but his blessings came as a result of being attached to Abram. God told Abram to leave his fathers house. That meant leaving Lot also. Abram loved Lot, but Lot was not called to be a part of Abram’s process or his flight.

When Lot left, the flight of Abram’s destiny took off. A plane can only carry so much weight. Consider the weight that you are carrying that you have the choice to leave behind, although it may hurt you.

A lot of things happen as you follow God. One of the things that you will experience on your journey as you follow Christ is a development concerning your ability to maintain faith and trust in Him even when you feel as if your flight on destiny airlines is taking too long.

God promised Abram a son, but some things had to happen first. He had to be circumcised and his name had to change. On our way to our own destin(y)ations, we get tired and we consider giving up, but don’t allow time or mistakes to make you jet lagged.

Galatians 6:9 encourages us to not grow weary in well doing. Sara, Abraham’s wife grew weary and had her husband to marry her hand maiden . As a result, Ishmael was born. She was jet lagged and wanted to finally reach her destination, but the cost of tiredness is something that Christians today still have to deal with.

As you wait on Lord, refuse to be jet lagged. Although you may have been on your flight for a long time, God is faithful to have everything prepared concerning you when you land. All Abraham had to do was keep going. He was not perfect, but his relationship with God never wavered. The same can be said about King David and Jospeh. They both had to wait wait years for their promises to be fulfilled, but God is faithful.

My prayer for you is that you will know that God is faithful. God does not lie, but you may have to go through a process. The process is not to destroy you, but it is to cement you. God is building a sure foundation in you. Compare your process to going through check in at a airport. The airline checks your luggage and scans you for illegal items. There are some things that will be illegal for you to take to your next level. God is getting those things out of you now. He is causing you to know His voice and follow His rules. He is causing you to forgive, let go of past hurts, be unafraid, and to be set free. Submit to this process that God has you in, In Jesus name. Fighting Him will cause you to be in a place of stagnation longer than you have to be. Submit and follow directions no matter how scary it might be, In Jesus name I pray, amen.

Recommended Reading: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path”(Proverbs 3:5-6).

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