Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Directions

I am really bad at driving directions. First of all, I can only really tell North-South-East-West if I am close to a highway or some landmark that I know it's location and can guess direction from that. So, when someone tells me to turn north, I am lost.

Secondly, when I am giving directions, the problem I have is that I don't remember names of roads. So, my directions usually sound like this:"Take a left at the BP. Take a right at the Chipotle. Go through 2 traffic lights and turn left at the big corn field." Thus, others have a hard time following my directions.

So, what is a guy that is bad at directions do? I use Mapquest whenever I can. It has helped me get from point A to point B without being lost in the middle of nowhere.

I equate going through life without reading God's Mapquest, the Bible, to listening to me for directions. You can listen to others for directions as to God's will in your life or you can try to guess what North-South-East-West direction God has for you. Or, you can read his roadmap for your life and get first hand the way to go. When we only use others to be our guide, we often can get lost. When we follow God's direction, through his word, we get where He wants us to go.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

SharonYou are using the right roadmap. Even though there might be turns you don't understand it is the right direction.

Anonymous said...

What a creative and inspiring word, Scott. I love the spiritual comparison with Mapquest.

Rob said...

Good post. You should get GPS. My friend has Garmin and it is perfect for people like us. I'm the exact same way with directions.