Highways to Zion

I was having a conversation with a worship team about how we connect with the Lord through worshiping together. I started describing my process in connecting with God when stuff tries to block me from Him at a heart level. I thought about this verse:

How blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
in whose heart are the highways to Zion. [Psalm 84:5 NASV]

My heart is a smooth, wide, fast road [highway] to God.

Here’s my heart’s perspective:

If I’m not connecting to the Lord through the song because I don’t like the song, my heart is a highway to Zion.

If the singers are out of tune, my heart is a highway to Zion.

If the bass player and drummer don’t seem to be playing the same song, my heart is a highway to Zion.

If I am stressed out about a situation in my life, my heart is a highway to Zion.

I have learned the path to get there quickly. I don’t have to survey the land and chop through the underbrush. I’ve walked the route over and over, and now there is a footpath worn to God’s presence. I kept walking that path until it got broader and smoother.

Then, somehow, this long, winding road to God became this short, wide, blacktop highway with bright white lines taking me straight to Him.

No stoplights.
No toll booths.
No traffic [there’s never any traffic on this highway!], just drive.

Boom, I’m there...Zion...God in full view!

What does your heart highway look like?

I want you to have one you can use to imagine your highway! Can you see it?

Isaiah 62:10 [MSG]

” Walk out of the gates. Get going! Get the road ready for the people.
Build the highway. Get at it! Clear the debris, hoist high a flag, a signal to all peoples!”

-Dave Helmuth
(purchase my book, "Worship Fertilizer: (the first hundred)" HERE)

Highways to Zion (Nº 7)