Around this time of year, I find myself traveling for many reasons. Whenever I do travel, I pack accordingly. I pack based on the weather, what I am doing on that particular trip, and how long I will be gone. I try my best to be ready for the journey ahead.

Each of us is on a journey. We have different backgrounds that may lead to different paths, but ultimately, we want to reach the same destination. We want to get to heaven when our time on Earth is over. We need to have a plan. Are we prepared for our journey? What are we doing to make ourselves ready for our final destination? Along our journey, we have an essential task. We have the task of preaching the Word of God. The Apostle Paul wrote about this in 2 Timothy. In 2 Timothy 4:1-5, it says, “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”

One of the best things we can do on our journey is to bring others with us. The impact we can have could change the lives of others. We need to be ready for the road ahead.