who teaches you what is best for you,
who directs you in the way you should go..."
Isaiah 48:17
My GPS thinks it knows. It thinks it is so smart.
It thinks that County Rd C is the world's best way to get to Toledo from our house, although in reality there is a minimum of 42 stop signs on that route.
The GPS thinks it knows... even though it doesn't account for stop signs, it doesn't account for school buses, and it doesn't account for farming equipment.
Last week I tortured my GPS. I took Highway 24! The inhumanity! The GPS doesn't recognize the new highway. The new highway, however, shortens the drive to Toledo by about 15 minutes. The GPS claims you are driving in a field in the middle of nowhere. The GPS is so freaked out by Highway 24, that it eventually freezes up and shuts itself down, as if to say, "Fine! Don't listen to me! Risk your own neck, but you're not taking me down with you!"
The only reason this is all funny, is because it's so obvious. Obviously, the GPS does not know best. Obviously it's a machine, that is certainly useful, but sometimes, it just doesn't know.
We think like that GPS sometimes...oftentimes. We think we know. We travel in one direction, not even imagining that there is another way, a better way. We take the way that sounds good, to the world, to ourselves, but...
there is a better way.
We think we're the best GPS...but God knows. He knows infinitely more than we ever could. He sees the whole picture. He knows what roadblocks we'll encounter along the way. He knows....He actually knows.
And we don't simply have a God who knows. We have a God who knows us, and cares for us. We have a Redeemer. Who thinks we are more precious than we could even imagine.
That road may look pretty scary, though. It might have rough patches. It is often uphill, and it is certainly rarely easy. He never promised that. But it will be worth it.
I'm gonna take that risk. I'm gonna travel where He directs.
I may never see more than one day ahead, I may not see the next turn, but it's so worth it. I promise you, He promises you. It's so much better.
There's a song I love, by Group 1 Crew -----
"I wanna live dangerous...risk it all for you, Lord. I want you to wake me up,
from the life I've known before."
What part of your life could stand to look a bit more "dangerous"?
Where is God calling you to risk it for Him?
I promise you He's faithful. He has the best way.
So if our life looks a little crazy, a bit risky, you know why now.
I ditched my GPS. I'm going with Him. Haiti, here we come.
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