GPS

In this day and age, we all are extremely dependent on technology in our day-to-day lives. One tool that I take advantage of daily is my GPS. It is so easily accessible and makes travel from place to place so much easier. I constantly tell my mom {who, Bless her heart, is extremely “directionally impaired”}, “I do not know how you ever survived without a GPS!”

I have full confidence that if I picked up a map and someone told me to drive to a destination, I would be completely and utterly lost even with the starting and end points laid out for me.

I use my GPS for just about anything, finding a new friend’s house, directions to the closest Starbucks or Chick Fil A, or how long it will take me to get to a place I have been before. I trust that this GPS will take me on the correct path, get me to my destination, and adapt if ever and whenever there is a detour.

So why don’t I Trust the same direction in my life or spiritual walk?

This has stumped me for quite some time. It is so easy for us to readily trust an app on our phones, and yet, I run into such a challenge trusting The One who knows my heart and loves me still, someone who was nailed to a cross in shame for the sake of my sins.

I think the hardest part about forming this type of full dependence on Him comes from missing one simple piece, the final destination.

It is easy for us to choose exactly where we want to go and have Siri tell us the fastest, smoothest way to get there. Unfortunately, that is not what a walk with Christ looks like.

Because He gave us our own free will, we have choices, and often times, we tend to choose what looks like the easier path instead of the road less traveled. This is not to say that the Lord abandons us in these choices. Instead it is to say that He continues to walk alongside us and guide us through a treacherous part of life.

So often I get frustrated that I cannot see results of my waiting or praying. It’s that 5 year old inside me, who is getting so uncomfortable in the back of the car on a road trip, asking, “ARE WE THERE YET?! ARE WE THERE YET?!”

But here is the exciting, yet most fear inducing part, the journey is just as important as the destination.

Before I can claim ownership for all that Christ has for me, my heart and mind has to be prepared to receive the blessings He has so generously poured out. Because of sin, we can become hard-hearted, ungrateful, unforgiving, and proud people. Sometimes God has to strip us of all of our entitlements in order to fully understand grace and the wonders of his everlasting love.

Stripping us of these fleshly patterns is completely excruciating and does not come easily. These habits are broken through suffering and pain, when we choose to be thankful and see what He has for us in the process of receiving his blessings.

Ultimately, He knows our Final Destination, and whatever He has planned is INFINITELY more incredible and awe-inspiring than anything we could ever imagine apart from Him.

So now I am learning to trust the most important:

G.P.S. God’s Plans are Superior.

He wants more for me, He has more for me, and He will make a way for me to reach eternal life in Him if I Trust, Wait, and Follow Him in each direction He leads me.

As the bumps in the roads or accidents happen, I can trust that not only will He guide me through it, He will teach me so much about His tender heart and gracious character as I walk out the hard circumstances.

I can Trust that God has written each page of the story of my life and He will lead me in the way I should go.

I will trust G.P.S.