By Cyndi
Last week, as Robert and I were returning from a minister’s fellowship meeting in Georgia, I looked up at our GPS and saw that it read, “East I-10 to I-95 North.” That got me thinking-wouldn’t it be nice if there was one of these systems for my life? I could punch the Where To button and put in a certain time period, like, age 20 till age 50, then it would calculate everything that was going to happen during that part of my life. Envisioning this, I could hear it say, “Take job on the right, go 4.8 years then turn into marriage.” Touching the Map tab it would continue-”In 3.2 years, have baby,” then, “After 5 more years, move to mission field, then move back after 4.6.” Finding this humorous, if only to myself, I glanced at the screen again and imagined it speaking to me in a lovely computerized woman’s voice, “In 2.7 years, pay for son’s college.” Now that one wasn’t too funny.
Wouldn’t this kind of a device be so cool? I could know what’s ahead in my life and be prepared for it. Pondering this ideal, I sensed the Lord saying to me, “But Cyndi, you do have a navigational system-the best. It’s My word. I have given you scriptures that reveal the course for your life.” Interesting, I thought-the Bible is God’s Positioning System. At once, a multitude of verses flooded my mind: Jeremiah 29:11-”‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope’”; Proverbs 3:6-”Seek His will in all you do and He will direct your paths”; John 13:17-”You know these things, now do them! That is the path of blessing.”
These were just a few guidelines from the Bible that could be used to direct me, and there are many more. I believe that, since He made me, He knows the best route for me to follow in my life. Some people have said that the scriptures are God’s instruction manual for mankind. In today’s world lingo, I would say they are His GPS. Isaiah 30:21 reads, “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, ‘This is the way; walk in it’.” Put those words into a computerized voice and it’s better than a Garmin.
Right on. It’s refreshing that you take things we use in our daily routine and give them a simple down-to-earth biblical perspective. It’s something one could meditate on throught the day, or throughout one’s life for that matter.
Cyndi, How original. I thoroughly enjoy all the news letter, from you and Robert. The bible is our guide and I use it every day. Where would I be without it. Life gives us some mansize problems, but where would I be without Him beside me. He has truly kept me going. Love, Gramma