Why Travel to Meet God? Hearing God’s Voice in Rome (Psalm 84:5) | Daily Devotional and Bible Study

Why Travel to Meet God? Hearing God’s Voice in Rome (Psalm 84:5) | Daily Devotional and Bible Study

Why travel halfway around the world to meet God when He is already with us? Psalm 84:5 says blessed are those whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.

In today's Bible study, we're walking through what pilgrimage actually is in Scripture, from Abraham's call to go, to the three pilgrimage feasts, to the Songs of Ascent, to Jesus walking the road to Jerusalem every year. We look at why God built journey into the lives of His people, what Psalm 84 means by a heart set on pilgrimage, and why we still go in person when God already lives in us. Grab your Bible, because we're going to be all over the place.

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Questions we answer today

What is pilgrimage in the Bible? Why would anyone travel halfway around the world to meet God? What were the three pilgrimage feasts? What are the Songs of Ascent, and what do they tell us about the journey? What does it mean to have a heart set on pilgrimage? Did Jesus go on pilgrimage? If God is everywhere, why do we still go in person?

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:07 Why travel halfway around the world to meet God?

02:02 What believers in Bible times understood

04:45 Pilgrimage is more than tourism

05:43 A spiritual practice for body and time

06:39 Abraham and the word go

08:20 God builds journeys into Israel's year

09:12 The three pilgrimage feasts

10:42 Living in shelters to remember

11:41 The Songs of Ascent

12:31 The psalms trace the pilgrim's journey

14:26 Psalm 122 and a heart full of joy

15:17 Psalm 84 and a posture of the heart

16:15 Hearts set on pilgrimage

17:16 The Valley of Baca

19:10 Jesus was a pilgrim

20:39 Early believers traveled to stand where it happened

21:20 God is everywhere, so why go?

22:28 Hebrews and 1 Peter call us pilgrims

24:22 Why we still go in person

26:07 Three questions to ask yourself

27:54 Prayer

28:51 An invitation to come to Rome

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