Travel

Travel is under the LORD's care: he keeps his people in their going out and coming in, goes with them on the way and orders their steps. Believers are to make their plans subject to God's will and to pray for a safe journey.

The LORD keeps your going out and coming in

• Psalm 121:5-8
  ⁵The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand. ⁶The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. ⁷The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul. ⁸The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
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• Genesis 28:15
  And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
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• Isaiah 43:2
  When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
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His presence on the way

• Exodus 33:14
  And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
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• Joshua 1:9
  Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
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• Deuteronomy 31:8
  And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
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• Psalm 139:9-10
  ⁹If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, ¹⁰Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
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Protection

• Exodus 23:20
  Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
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• Psalm 91:11-12
  ¹¹For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. ¹²They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.They will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.
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• Proverbs 3:23
  Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.
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Prayer for a safe journey

• Ezra 8:21-23
  ²¹Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. ²²For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.” ²³So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.
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• Romans 1:10
  Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.in my prayers at all times, asking that now at last by God’s will I may succeed in coming to you.
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• Acts 21:5
  And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
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Plans in God's hands

• James 4:13-15
  ¹³Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.” ¹⁴Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. ¹⁵For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
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• Proverbs 16:9
  A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.
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• Psalm 37:23
  The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way.The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
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Strangers and pilgrims on the earth

• Hebrews 11:13-16
  ¹³These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. ¹⁴For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own. ¹⁵And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. ¹⁶But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
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• 1 Peter 2:11
  Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
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See also

• Guidance
• Trusting God
• Fear
• Prayer
• Omnipresence of God

Notes

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