Garry spoke this morning at Cherry Tree Court about SatNavs and directions… Sometimes a SatNav can be really useful, negotiating you through different routes (especially if a familiar route is blocked because of an accident), but sometimes it can’t be trusted (if new roads have been built, for example.) The SatNav is a useful guidance help, and just as we use them to direct and guide us on journeys, so too God wants to direct us on life’s journey to the destination of reaching heaven and eternal fellowship with Him.
Isaiah 30:21 reminds us that God promises to lead and direct us: ‘Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”’ Life is not always easy and the first direction we ever receive from God is to make a U-turn, for ‘there is a way that appears to be right, but in the end, it leads to death.’ (Prov 14:12) Repentance – that turning around from going our own way to following God – is the first step on the journey towards God. Life is not always like a straight road; sometimes it feels like we don’t know which path to follow or how to reach our destination. Ultimately, that’s where trust comes in, for we are called to follow God even when we can’t see where He is leading us. By faith we travel along many paths, but God promises us the guidance of His voice telling us where to go.
SatNavs tell us when we have reached our destinations, and God is able to lead and guide us to our eternal destination with Him.
