Many cars today come with a factory-installed GPS (Global Positioning System). These fancy pieces of technology help you get from point "a" to point "b" making you look like you know what you're doing. But have you ever thought about God's Positioning System?
My GPS will give me certain alerts, like, "You're exceeding the speed limit." My wife violates this alert all the time. So much so, I shut the alert off on her GPS, otherwise, it would be going off all the time.
My GPS will tell me which turn to take so that I can get to my destination efficiently. Sometimes, if I think I know a shortcut, I'll take a different route just to watch it and hear it say, "Recalculating route; finding alternative route."
The Bible tells us that God orders our steps in His Word. His Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. We are instructed to walk in His ways. And yet I wonder if sometimes God needs to say to us, "You're exceeding the speed limit." Maybe there are times that we think we know a better way and God has to recalculate the route for us. We didn't know our "shortcut" was under construction. If only we would have trusted our GPS.
You see, it all comes down to that one simple word - TRUST - and quite frankly, it's hard to do sometimes. We humans think of ourselves in superior terms. Some humans believe themselves to be self-made "this" or self-made "that" and while I applaud those who have overcome great odds to accomplish things, without God, nothing would be possible.
I choose to trust my GPS. God's been this way before. I can say like Job, "I know that He knows the way that I take..." I can agree with Solomon and trust in the Lord with all my heart, and lean not on my own understanding. In all my ways, I must acknowledge Him, and He will direct my paths.
And another thing, don't than treat God like your GPS - shutting it off when you've reached your destination. Instead, continue to trust in Him, seeking His counsel daily. His Word is not just another book to be tossed to the shelve and kept their like a memoir. It is meant to be studied and applied daily. The old song simply said, "Lord I can't even walk without You holding my hand..." How true it is that we need Him daily. We cannot make it without Him!
