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Isn’t it amazing how we can find our way using telephone?  Put in an address one mile away or 3,000 miles away and whatever GPS application you use will guide you to the place you have set.

Year’s ago I remember going online and printing out turn-by-turn directions that made our trip much easier.  When you made a wrong turn, it was hard to get back to the right route.  Those pages where like a treasure found by the greatest searcher.

As a teenager traveling with my family and even when I was in college I remember those maps that my dad bought me at Sam’s Club.  Spiral bound, thick and colorful paper with double page spread of each state.  It even had some cool other maps to places everyone wanted to go.

We need something to direct us.  After going somewhere a few times I don’t use a map or GPS any longer, but at first something had to guide me.

The Christian life or really life itself needs direction.  God offers us help and truth that guide our steps and our thinking.  Go back to the maps or the GPS for a minute.  Following a great map or GPS will get you where you want to go.  Following God we will get to where God desires us to be.

Proverbs 22:6   NLT
Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.

True.  It is not just us.  We can and must help direct our children in the right direction so that when we are not around or gone altogether that they will be on the right path.

Psalm 119:105  NLT
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.

The best guidebook ever… the Bible.  It is God’s love letter to us.  It is a road map for life.  It is am adventure story that allows us to travel with others.  God’s word keeps us from the wrong path, the danger zones and the pit falls that come our way.  It is like a GPS that steers us away from the congestion, accidents, bad weather and so much more.

Proverbs 16:9  NASB
The mind of man plans his way, But the Lord directs his steps.

We can go our way.  In fact I have some good friends that would tell you when you follow or go with me at times we might go through some interesting places.  My way is not always the right way.  God’s way is always right.  

We can make positive and educated choices.  We must listen to God and follow where He leads.  All the while our great and gracious God will direct our steps.  I need that!

Proverbs 3:6  NASB
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.

Set Him as our guide.  Step out on our journey.  Settle the path that is best for you.  Stay on the journey moving forward.  God guides us, and that is best.
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