GPS navigation device is something you really like to have if you want to travel around in a new environment. When I first came to the US, without the GPS unit, I would need to study the map for directions each time before I set out to my destination.I have to be extra cautious as not to miss any street sign I had written on my self-drawn map. If I happen to turn into a wrong street or went beyond my map-area, I would have trouble knowing exactly where I am. When this happens, a short twenty-minute drive could usually end up into more than an hour or so.
With a GPS unit, each time you make a wrong turn, the little device would ‘recalculate’ and re-navigate you to your preset destination. Depending on how far you’ve deviated from the original route, sometimes it guides you back on path quickly in the next one or two turns whereas there are other times you will have to pass through areas that look scary and eerie before you find your way again.
This experience likened me to the thought that God also whispers ‘recalculating’ whenever we go off His course. In life, there are certain major decisions we make which can actually change our course, the so-called life turning-point decision. Some of which maybe made in accordance with His divine’s will and some which may lead us to fall out of God’s will.
The point here is that when the living God says ‘recalculating,’ would we depend on Him to guide us back on the right path? I know there are times we like to switch off the navigation unit after hearing the repeated ‘recalculating’ at every turn especially when we already know a different route to the destination. Do we also shut God out when we can’t put up with His warnings? (i.e., hardening of heart)
It is without question that most of us would not depend on assisted navigation when we already know the direction. The question is, however, do we know our destiny in life? Even if we’re goal oriented, there are always obstacles and unforeseeable circumstances which could block our way.
Let’s be humble and obedient, my friends. Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as [the Israelites] did in the rebellion (Hebrews 3:15). It took them 40 years to wander in the wilderness before they entered the Promised Land
The Bible says in Proverb 3:5-6 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”
God also gives us a GPS navigation unit in life – the Bible. In Isaiah 30:21, God says, “And when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it.’ Amen.
What is GPS? Read this: http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGPS/
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