How Well Does Your GPS Work?
May 10 —
GPS is a relatively new technology that uses satellites to triangulate a precise location on Earth. GPS is so much easier and more useful than maps for finding your way from where you are to where you want to go. When GPS systems first became available for cars, there were lots of directional mistakes and “wrong turns”. I worked for a while as a cartographer (map-maker), so I resisted GPS technology and enjoyed laughing about it.
When I got my first smart-phone (Droid), I was pleased that it included GPS visual and voice navigation. I couldn’t wait to laugh at it. I first used it going places I was familiar with. No mistakes. I heard others complain about their GPS systems, but I found mine to be utterly reliable. Even my cool i-Phone-loving son admitted my Droid GPS was way better. The next thing I knew, my GPS was suggesting new ways of getting familiar places in less time! By now, I’ve used it in even distant and unfamiliar cities where I depend heavily upon it to guide me through confusing streets and traffic to my destination.
God is like a spiritual GPS. He is ready to help us get through the confusing streets and traffic of life to our desired destination; but we’ve got to learn to trust Him. His voice-navigation feature is called prayer. I ask the Lord a dozen times a day what I should do next. He never steers me wrong. Just today he led me to visit a family, but nobody was home. I left my card in the door, turned around, and guess what? They were pulling into their driveway! Wouldn’t you like to stop wasting time and effort navigating through your days? Proverbs 3:5-6 promises “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will direct your paths.”
See you in church Sunday!
Grace & blessings,
Pastor Bob
