Four summers ago, I conducted a VBS at Faith Baptist Church
in Cartersville, GA. I drove back and
forth each night traveling about 90 minutes each way. One night, my wife was able to ride with me
and she had sweet fellowship with the pastor’s wife. On the way down, we received an alert from
Google maps of a blockage on the highway just ahead. We were moving right along, and I hesitated
to listen to the lady on Google, but I am glad that I did. We got off the interstate and began following
local roads which snaked back and forth taking us over the interstate, which
was at a standstill. I made several
turns on tiny country roads and finally eased back onto the interstate. It was uncanny looking back as I merged onto
the interstate because there were no oncoming cars, not a single one! The road was totally blocked, no doubt
because of a fatal accident. Had I not
followed the GPS and the detour that it suggested, I would have missed my
appointment with our friends in Cartersville.
Hey, has your life ever taken a detour?
Joseph’s life did in the book of Genesis. King David’s life took a detour after he
sinned with Bathsheba and had her husband murdered. Daniel and his three Hebrew friends had a
detour as teenagers in Babylon. Hey, God
knows what He is doing when we face a detour.
So, do we listen to God’s GPS that tells us the best way ahead? Do we follow God’s leading? Paul said it best in Romans 8:28, “And we
know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who
are the called according to his purpose.”
Why not let God direct your life?
He knows the best way ahead.
Trust Him.
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