1.30.10 "Stop for Directions"

"Stop for Directions"

Exodus 10:1-12:13
Matthew 20:1-28
Psalm 25:1-15
Proverbs 6:6-11

It's a timeless tale: Man and woman driving in a car and they're lost. Of course, the woman says, "let's stop for directions." The man looks at her like he'd rather die. The man does the most logical thing: he turns the radio down and tells her to be quiet as he looks at street signs. He knows the reason he's lost. It's the noise. He gives his wife another look... It's really a pride thing. You have to forge you're own way. The man is the Hero! Heaven forbid you surrender your plans to another.

So many live their life that way as well. "I must blaze a trail!" "I need to figure this out for myself!"

"None of those who have faith in God will ever be disgraced for trusting him... Show me the path where I should go, O Lord; point out the right road for me to walk. Lead me; teach me; for you are the God who gives me salvation. I have no hope except in you." Ps. 25:3-4

Life is full of roads. Some look easy, some look difficult, but each one is unique, and all are laid out before us. Which one is the right one? When we see the skyline of where we want to go in the distance, sometimes we turn on a road that seems to be going that direction only to find that there are detours, troubles and even curves that lead to where we were never meant to be.

I love flying. My goal is to even do skydiving sometime in the future. I love the view from the sky. I had the opportunity to go on a refueling mission with the local National Guard refueling team. En route to where we were meeting the jet that was getting refueled, I was allowed to lay in the "boom bay", which is in the very rear of the plane. The guy who controls the fueling boom lays on his stomach to guide the hookup between the two planes. As I was laying in the bay, there's nothing between me and the ground but a window. I love the view of all the highways and fields, and cities. From that perspective, semi-trucks look so small. Not nearly like the agents of death my wife thinks we are when I'm driving next to them on the free way.

From the "sky" view, you can see where the roads go. From the ground view, the entrance ramp to so many roads look the same. It is easy for us in life to also get caught in the trap of "I wonder where this goes..." and start to wander down a trail that was never intended for us.

God has a plan for our life. He longs that we have an intimate relationship so that he can reveal to us the secrets of his heart. He wants to give us the directions.

"The Lord is good and glad to teach the proper path to all who go astray; he will teach the ways that are right and best to those who humbly turn to him." Ps. 25:8-9

There's no sense in traveling without direction from the Lord. The road you're on may seem full of potholes and scenery that you were never hoping for, but God has you on this road so that you can become who he's created you to be. Along this road is someone who desperately needs you to be who God has created you to be. There comes a time when we need to quit complaining about the journey and allow God to give us his direction.

It's vital that we are Empowered through Biblical Training. We need to be in his word to hear his voice. If we're not, we're traveling blind. If we are in the word, we can hear his voice and obey it.

"And when we obey him, every path he guides us on is fragrant with his lovingkindness and his truth." Ps. 25:10




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