Where Are You Headed?

Recently my lovely wife and daughters bought me a GPS for my graduation gift (in case you're not familiar with a GPS, it is a global positioning system that allows you to enter an address and then it leads you to your destination with every turn). The Garmin 200 that my family gave me is very easy to operate. So, while at the beach we wanted to go eat at LuLu's. Although my mother-in-law knew the way I thought this would be a great time to show off my GPS to my girls. So, I looked up points of interest and found LuLu's and made my selection and then we were off to LuLu's (or so I thought!). I followed the GPS's every direction. Along the way I noticed that my mother-in-law, who was following us, turned around and headed in a different direction. She called me on my cell and asked where we were going. I replied that I was following my GPS to LuLu's. She told me she would meet me there. I confidently reassured my wife that we would beat her mom there--after all, I had a GPS! However, when my GPS told me that I was arriving at my destination I discovered that we were not at LuLu's but rather had arrived at some motel. Somehow my GPS had landed our family across the river from LuLu's. To say the least, from that point on I chose to ignore the GPS and follow my mother-in-law's directions and we finally arrived at LuLu's. My sweet 9-year old daughter, Lauren, told me that she wanted to ride back to the condo with grandma because she did not have a GPS. So much for showing off and impressing my girls with my GPS!

As I reflected on this humorous experience I thought of something. I have been provided directions for life in the Word of God, the Bible. Every day I have a choice to make--will I follow the directions from God's Word or go my own direction? It is a choice we all make every single day. Unlike my GPS, God's Word will never lead us wrong. We can count on every single direction God gives to us because God has our best interest at heart. After all, He created us, therefore He knows what is best for us. Solomon penned these words, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths" (Prov. 3:5-6, HCSB). We can always count on God's directions knowing that He will guide us on the right paths. Who are you trusting today? If you want to go the right direction then trust God because He alone is absolutely trustworthy! So, where are you headed?