Who needs a Map??

I am one of those people blessed with a very good sense of direction.

If I know roughly where I am and roughly know the general area, I can usually work out where I want to go.

It usually involves a couple of u-turns and long-way-rounds because of dead-end streets, or roads that end up leading me the wrong way, but I usually find my way in the end.

I have become so confident and reliant on my ability that it surprises me when others don’t share my faith in my ability (like my brother's wife and my mother-in-law). They look at me dubiously as I stand confidently with arm outstretched and finger pointing: “There! That is where we want to go! Now we just need to find a way to get there...”
And even when we eventually do find our way, they are still left feeling skeptical and put it down to chance that I had found my way in the end.

When we were teenagers, my sister that is now in Ecuador and I used to go on many a road trip without a map (usually because we forgot to bring a map with us), and we always found our way.. eventually.

The times that I do get lost is usually when I am stressed out (because I am late!) or very tired. If am late for something or have a lot going on, I tend to second guess myself and usually get all mixed up, start crying and call someone on my cellphone to help me.

..and sometimes I get lost because my sense of direction was wrong. I didn’t actually know where I was or I didn’t actually know where I was going.

Instead of relying on my own sense of direction, wouldn’t it be so much easier with a map?

A map to tell me exactly where I am and where I am going.

If I used a map I wouldn’t have to learn the hard way where not to go. I would not waste my time (and other’s time too!) with going the wrong way or wondering around not quite sure where I am or which road to take.

Thank you God for giving us your word. A guide to how I should live my life and which shows me where exactly I should be heading.

I should never trust on my own instincts.

With God’s word constantly as my reference guide it makes my life so much simpler. I just need to make sure it is always with me and that I know how to use it.

"A man's heart deviseth his way: but YHWH directeth his steps.”
(Proverbs 16:9)