From far away, a range of mountains looks flat. Every peak seems to stand on one line, the same distance from you. Start walking and the depth appears: some peaks sit far behind the others, some are close, some tower over the rest.
That is the picture in the Doxa mark, a range of mountains with a path leading through them. Garth Watson, who founded Doxa, explains it like this:
When you look at a range of mountains from a distance, they all seem the same distance away, but some are much further, some closer, some bigger; it is hard to appreciate the distance and the relief. So it is with our journey with the Lord.
Said once, meant for the whole road
Often what God says to you is encouragement for your whole journey. Scripture shows it again and again.
Joseph was seventeen when he dreamed that his brothers' sheaves "gathered around and bowed down to mine" (Genesis 37:7). Pit, slavery and prison came first. The dream was fulfilled years later in Egypt, when his brothers "bowed down before him with their faces to the ground" (Genesis 42:6).
God told Abram, "I will make you into a great nation" (Genesis 12:2), and "Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran" (Genesis 12:4). "Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him" (Genesis 21:5).
What God said to them was further away than it first looked, and it held. Hebrews says of the people of faith: "All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar" (Hebrews 11:13).
Hold it, and go back to it
When something God said to you is further off than you hoped, you can still draw strength from it today. Garth again:
As you hold to it, engage with it again and again, remember it because you recorded it, and recall it, it can re-encourage you for every step.
That is what prophecy is for. "He who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort" (1 Corinthians 14:3). And the encouragement leads somewhere: to know God Himself. Paul wrote, "I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection" (Philippians 3:10). Every step on the path is a step further into knowing Him.
So the journey is about endurance. Take the next step. Be bold. Step out with the courage that comes from hearing God.
Daily Faith Steps
This is why the new daily journal in Doxa 3.0 is called Daily Faith Steps. Each entry is a step: a few lines about today with God. Record what God is showing you, a gratitude, a prayer or a thought, by text or voice.
Over time your steps become a path you can look back along: the prayers He answered, the verses that carried you, and the encouragements still ahead of you like the far mountains. The bigger encouragements live in your Encouragement Vault, and your steps can link to them, so the daily walk and the long promises stay together.
You can read the full guide to Daily Faith Steps on the Doxa blog.
Take today's step. Write down one thing God has said or done, and come back to it tomorrow. That is how you come to know the God who speaks, step by step.
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