TUESDAY THOUGHT 7/7/09

July 7, 2009 on 11:54 am | By | In Faith & Forgiveness | No Comments
The Road
 
When going to new destinations, I plug in my GPS navigator system.  It tells me (sometimes yells at me) where to go.  When I follow it faithfully, I usually get to my destination.  Were the road to heaven that easy — just plug in the destination and follow the route the device lays out for you. 
 
Yes, as quasi-believers and doubting followers, we have an instruction manual in the Bible.  But the specific road maps are nowhere to be found.  And that’s fine.  The fact is that no mortal knows the way, knows the future, has a step-by-step map that leads to the front door of the gates of heaven.  Oh, we study the statistics, map out a best-odds strategy … and then roll the dice.  Doesn’t matter. God takes us where He chooses … when He chooses. 
 
The point:  We’re not in charge.  Never were.  Never will be.  So, just settle back in your seats, keep your hands inside the vehicle, strap yourself in … and enjoy the trip.  From what I’ve seen of it so far, it’s exhilarating, scary, beautiful, demanding, sometimes joyful, sometimes disappointing, but worth the price of the ticket.  – jri
 
“By faith, Abraham, when called to
go to a place he would later receive
as his inheritance, obeyed and went,
even though he did not know where
he was going.”
        –    St. Paul
               (Hebrews 11:8)

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