GPS Directions

With today's technology, we can get everywhere by just punching in some coordinates, putting in an address, or saying the name of a business.  Can we be sure that we get there?  Most of the time, but I can think of a few misguided maps of a populate phone product that took us off course.  

How can we be sure of where life takes us though?  Are we following God's word?  Are we doing what He says?  It's sad to say that we all have doubts.  We all try to live by faith.  We all want to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  But sometimes we just don't.  

On Sunday, my church had a guest speaker who compared a GPS directional device to that of God's word.  Yes, that's right.  But not in the way you might think.  You see God's word is never wrong.  It can never misdirect you.  It will never return with a purpose.  There is never a reason for things to happen the way that they do.  He stated that once he was driving and trusted the GPS to take him where he was suppose to go.  Then God said to him, 'Jorge, you trust a GPS, but you won't trust me at My Word?"  How many times I have done this myself.  How many times have I known the direction but failed to take it.  How many times have I failed God.  Too many to count.  

God's GPS - aka Jesus - can live in our hearts and try to tell us what to do.  We the stubborn people that we are, tend not to listen to those words of Jesus.  We block them out or run screaming down the halls with fingers in our ears going, 'I can't hear you, lalalala.'    Funny that we did that as children and still do it today as adults, only this time it's to something much greater than our childhood playmates.  It's to God.  How stubborn can we be....apparently pretty darn stubborn.  

As I step out in faith, I listen.  Faith.  And a willing heart.  One that is open and ready to listen to him when he speaks.  Ready to act.  

Frustration.

Have you ever been so frustrated that you feel like crying.  Yep that's me too.  It seems like when there is a trial, it always comes when things look bright and cheery.  Frustrated, angry, disappointment,  all wrapped up in a pretty package ready to be unwrapped.  Just hand it to me lets get this over with.  To our shock and surprise, the present isn't a present.  It's that moment, you say awe, you shouldn't have.   But they did and you fight back tears.   Praying that the emotions don't show on your face.  Trying not to be angry in your disappointment.  Trying to hold it together.

What lesson is in this for me?  Gulp.  I gasp for air as I try to breathe.  Every time you think about it, the emotions come back to the surface.  Seriously, Lord, what lesson is in this.

This morning I received the answer from the previous day's questions.  The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need. (Psalms 23:1 NLT). But that's not all, a devotions that reinforced. Key was "insert my name" trust me, I know what's best. -GOD 

Don't we serve an awesome God!

Hardening of the Heart

It's a hard thing when you loss something you love. The lost pet, the loved one, the favorite toy. But as we get older the loss becomes more bearable. We become accustomed to loss. That is what I experienced today. The child becoming a little more hardened by the death of her cat. I practically had to force her to look for her in the first place, but I gained more insight into why today. 

We a Christians suffer from the same thing. A hardening of our heart due to loss of relationships, friendships, divorce, loss of anything really. Gods reality though is he can fix it. He is God almighty. All powerfully, all knowing, healer, redeemer, master of everything.

Don't let a hardening of the heart bind you mind, but be in constant communication with God as part of the renewing of your spirit. Let God renew you mind and bring you to peace.