Wednesday, January 24, 2018
How much do you depend on a navigation app to get you from point “A” to point “B?” Waze? Google Maps? OnStar? Garmin? (Does anybody keep a road atlas in their car anymore?) I know people who key in destinations which are only a few blocks away. It’s like we can’t get to our own mailboxes without Siri calling out turn-by-turn directions.
A few years ago, we headed for Washington, DC. For some unknown reason, our navigation system took us over the river and through the mountainous backwoods of West Virginia — and we blindly went where it sent us. As we got more and more removed from the Interstate, it got more and more spooky. The windy road got more and more narrow. Conversation inside the car ceased as we got further and further away from
civilization. Eventually we made it through to more frequented highways (and the banjo music stopped) and then to our final destination.
We never did figure out why our navigation system took us this way. But we didn’t think twice about just going wherever it sent us — strange as it might have been.
Life can be like this, can’t it? We head down a path that is fairly familiar but we stray off of it rather mindlessly as we listen to directions from outside sources. We should ask questions along the way to be sure we are on track.
And who can provide the direction that we need?
Who will walk along with us as we go?
We must put our trust in Him and make good choices.
Thank you, Lord, that you give us such good directions for our journeys. Thank you for accompanying us as you have promised. Help us to rely on you more.
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