Daily Dose 12-8-12

Hosea 14:9 (MSG) If you want to live well, make sure you understand all of this.
 If you know what's good for you, you'll learn this inside and out.
 God's paths get you where you want to go. Right-living people walk them easily; wrong-living people are always tripping and stumbling.

The Word of God is not just a mundanee historical document or list of oppressive rules to follow. It is a living and active GPS for life. Does the Garmin of your life continually say, “Recalculating?” We are blessed with technology. One of the greatest advancements is GPS – Global Positioning System. The popular Garmin GPS in automobiles will allow you to input your current location and desired destination. The pleasant (or sometimes irritating) voice will guide you through each turn on your intended route, giving you advanced notice. It’s great! However, if you miss a turn, make a wrong turn, or make a stop along the way, it immediately sends messages to the satellites to find a new course. While it’s plotting your new direction, it repeats, “Recalculating.” God sent the Holy Spirit to be our spiritual Garmins! How often do you put the Holy Spirit to work by willfully making wrong turns, making stops in your spiritual journey, or refusing to make turns God intended for your desired destination? Just like a Garmin, the Holy Spirit will continually “recalculate” our direction if we listen. Ironically, the Garmins have an option. You can turn the voice off. Many times people have technology at their disposal and still get lost because they can’t hear the directions and forget to look! Have you turned off the voice of the Holy Spirit directing your life? Are you charting your own course without the direction from God - the ultimate satellite above? 

Father, Please help me to use Your Word to direct my path. Empower Your Holy Spirit to direct me in Your ways. I love You! Amen