Crossroads and a GPS

Have you ever had the opportunity to use a GPS unit? They come in many shapes and sizes and offer a variety of features but the general idea is the same on all of them; turn by turn directions from where you are to where you want to go and all you have to do is punch in your destination. You never have to get lost again; just don’t tell my dad that.

Several months ago my dad bought himself a GPS and had it installed in his truck. Not long after that he and my mom headed on a trip to Tennessee, GPS in hand. They got lost. I mean seriously how do you get lost with a GPS? It has a map on the screen, it gives you a warning before you get to your turn and it tells you when to turn; and if you do miss a turn it recalculates and gives you a new route to get to your destination. So how do you get lost when you have something giving you correct directions? It is actually quite simple. You may be doing something else instead of listening to the directions or maybe you just weren’t listening. There is also the possibility that you heard the directions and knew what you were suppose to do but you still wanted to go your own way, maybe you saw something down the road that looked appealing and you drove to it instead.

The Bible is our GPS, it has all the directions we will ever need, guiding us to where we are supposed to go, but we all start out lost and many of us lose our way even after we get on the right path. We hear the directions and know where we are supposed to go but perhaps we are doing something to distract us from our directions and we miss a turn. Perhaps our ears have grown deaf to the directions and we either just don’t hear them or we question what we hear. Maybe you saw the turn you were meant to take but something down the road looked more appealing to you. Or maybe you have turned off the GPS and are driving blindly down the road, not knowing where you are headed. In any case the recalculation has already been made and all you need to do is follow the directions.

Sometimes the directions lead us down some tough to navigate roads, maybe because you missed the turn you were meant to take or maybe because this is the best road to get you to where you are going, but if you stay the course you will arrive at your destination. True you may get dirty or banged up on the way but isn’t that better then never getting where God wants you to go?

* I want to thank my mom for this idea; I hope I did it justice for her. I love you MOM!