Last week on our trip, we rented a car to be able to get around in the DC area and then to travel to New York City. The car came equipped with a talking GPS device to assist in finding our way to where we wanted to go. I am sure that many of you have used GPS as well. One of the things that drove me crazy with the particular device mounted in our car was the inability to zoom out on the map to get a big picture of where we needed to go.
I have always been pretty good with directions. As long as I can look at a map and get my bearings, then I can usually find where we need to go. But the key for me is having the ability to see the bigger picture. When we are able to see the bigger picture and we know our objective, we often find that there are multiple ways to get where we want to go. If we set out on our journey and hit a road block, we are not dead in the water – we can adjust and keep moving. But if we are tied to a 1/4 mile view of where we are going, we are limited to following the path laid out for us (which is not always the best way, and in a few cases last week, wasn’t even the correct way).
There are many, many similarities in this experience to our spiritual journey. In many ways, if we live by faith, we cannot see too far down the road to know exactly what is coming our way – in essence, living with a 1/4 mile perspective. We can only live into the moment and move forward. But take heart, we have the Bible to serve as our map and to help give us a bigger picture of where we are going and how to get there. We know that our objective or purpose as followers in The Way is to live our lives to honor God. That is where we are going – our goal and objective. The path we take is one lived out in faith.
Will we take wrong turns along the way? Sure, but as long as we remember the bigger picture, we can get back on track and continue to move forward. The key is to study the map and refer back to it often.
May your journey be rewarding today!
Now where did I put that map?
Clay in the Hands 
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