Trust in the Road Signs

 The GPS or Map Quest tells you to turn right and then turn left. Cross this intersection and bear to the right . . . but it just doesn't seem like the right way to go. With the maze of highways and clover leaves, bridges and intersecting roads, it can be confusing. So you have two choices: trust your instincts or trust the directions being given to you. If you obey the GPS, then as you travel a little distance, you start to see how the highways connect and it begins to make sense.

We recently took a trip and it reinforced a thought I have had in the past about following directions. In the spiritual realm we are to follow a blueprint written in the Bible as to how to live and how our Christian walk should look; what paths we should and should not follow. Proverbs 3:6, tells us, “In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” And Jesus told us in John 18:2, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Colossians 2:6, “As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.”

Sometimes God leads us into a sweet path. Psalm 23:2-3, “He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”

Sometimes God leads us through tough times. Psalm 37:5 tells us, “Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act.” When the road gets rough and it looks like there is no way to go, Trust In Jesus.

Joshua 1:9 we have this promise: “Be strong, be courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

As we travel down this road of life we need to obey the signs. Psalm 128:1, “Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways!

Sometimes we take a wrong turn as we are traveling and the GPS will say, “Calculating.” Then she tells you how to get back on the right road to your destination. The same is true for the Christian. First of all, we need to acknowledge our sin.

I John 1:9, “If we confess our sin, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

Then we need to turn around and get back on the right path. Acts 3:19, “Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord . . .”

As we obey God's Word, and Trust in Him we continue on this Highway to Heaven and we can experience these words found in Proverbs 4:18,  "But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.” And we can say with the psalmist, “Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.” Psalm 25:4