Do you find it difficult or easy to ask for directions? Are you dependent on a GPS system for your route planning? What do you do to prepare when you are going somewhere you have never been before? What about when you are going to do something you have never done before? Or maybe assembling a new toy for the kids…do you use the directions?
So whatever your method of preparing, we would all agree that some is needed to avoid getting lost, doing it incorrectly, or miss-assembling something, right? OK, glad we can agree on that. But would you go a step further and agree that the problem is not so much in preparing but more in the application of these directions? We seem to think “using” directions is optional. We get an idea of where we need to be or what to do, and have some kind of research done and get just going, knowing we can just figure it out as we go.
Ever been lost because of this? Ever done something incorrectly…ever had to re-assemble something? Ever had a fight over directions? My name is Pat, and yes I have.
Why are we like this? I believe it is because the direction we are going is completely dependent on us. We either believe we are headed in a direction where we are confident we know where we are going or we are confident in the directions we have been given. The problem is most of the time we are either overconfident or over trusting.
No one has ever followed directions to the letter and gotten lost, done something incorrectly, or put together something wrong. I did not say well, that is subjective, right and wrong is not. Right and wrong are based on truth. Truth is just that – true, and is always right.
So when it comes to directions, what matters more than anything else is the source. Clear directions from a notable and trustworthy source are the key.
A mapped out (with current data) route will get you where you want to go, right? Following directions about how to ride a bike will get you riding(sooner or later), right? Reading instructions and following the step-by-step directions will enable correct assembly, right? Then why all the debate? Why do we make it so difficult? It is our nature…we want to trust ourselves and we want to be right.
What about your spiritual life? What are you using for directions? What or who are you trusting with your eternal destination? There is only one truth when it comes to God’s direction for your life, and that is His Word. So, where are you going and how do you plan to get there matters…what you choose to use, and who or what you trust to direct you will ultimately determine where you get to, right? So choose wisely, it will make an eternal difference…and eternity is forever.
So what Path are you on?
IN HIS GRIP,
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