If you let the devil ride, pretty soon he is going to want to take the wheel and drive! ~ Kent Nerburn, from Make Me An Instrument of Your Peace
Here’s the scenario:
You are sitting in the passenger seat, traveling in unknown territory, and 30 seconds ahead is a critical intersection. As the driver questions “Which way do we go?”, you hurriedly fumble to open the map, plot your location, and blurt out the right answer before you have passed the turn.
My mapping skills under such pressure leave something to be desired.
I have more success if I spend some time studying our route before we start the trip, and even carefully folding the map so that it is open to our exact location. Then, when that split-second choice arrives, I can spout out the directional in lightning speed.
Since the advent of Global Positioning Systems, there is a new ease of travel.
Enter “Deborah”, our pet name for the voice of our GPS. Clumsy maps, be gone! We can relax while she tells us where to go, turn by turn.
For the most part, Deborah does a good job.
But occasionally, she has been less than accurate – or even silent when we need her most. (Deborah, what the heck are you doing? We are trying to find a friend’s house and we are sitting in a cul de sac facing an empty field!)
In our faith walk, we need to keep updating our internal roadmaps by relying on God’s Positioning System. His Guidance will keep our minds and hearts pointed toward Him, His still small voice directing every turn.
If we want the luxury of the Ultimate GPS, we need to invest some of ourselves. (no snagging a bargain on eBay here)
Our internal routing system can be built on prayer, studying Scripture, and striving to love others and ourselves as He would.
God is the Best Compass of All.
When we use His resources to the fullest, we will approach life’s crossroads with the confidence that arises from having a solid foundation. When it comes time for those instantaneous decisions, we will instinctively choose the path that will keep us on The Right Road.
Love God…Trust Him…
And follow Him as He says, “Your Route Guidance begins now….”
I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. ~Isaiah 42:16
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Toni, your writing just gets better and better.
Thank you for the inspiration this moment to stop be still and know…..
Xx
…and thank you for the reminder of how important that stillness can be! :)
Toni,
I loved today’s entry about the ultimate GPS! Wonderful new way to think about that acronym.
We have, just this week, become Florida residents. A new life’s adventure opens before us and I’m sure I’ll be relying on GPS all along the way!
Love to all, Joe and the girls. Rebecca
Rebecca, How wonderful to have a new chapter just beginning in sunny Florida! And even better to rely on GPS!!! I am so happy for you. May He bless you and Alan in ways you could never have imagined. Love back to you and your family, too!