God and GPS

Do you know what one of my favorite inventions is?  GPS.  I have no sense of direction.  I can get lost going a few blocks away from my house.  I am not exaggerating, I am hopeless to get places on my own and in my own ability. I love GPS.  It can get me exactly where I need to go and if I do make a wrong turn it will recalculate.  It is amazing.

Today’s scripture reminds me of GPS.  Romans 12 is talking about loving and serving our enemy.  It tells us not to seek revenge, to bless those who persecute us.  This is hard.  I am not naturally inclined to react with blessing when I feel persecuted.  

God is like GPS.  He can get me where I need to go.  As I read Romans 12 and see no way for me to live like that.  I can ask God for direction.  I can rely on his word to guide me along the path to my destination.  If I mess up and get off track, he will recalculate and get me back on track.

So if this scripture passage, or any other is hard for you to live out.  Rely on God to get you where you need to be.  He is so much more than GPS!

Read today's passage here Romans 12:14-21

Seek Me

Isaiah 45:18-19

For this is what the Lord says—

he who created the heavens,
    he is God;
he who fashioned and made the earth,
    he founded it;
he did not create it to be empty,
    but formed it to be inhabited—
he says:
“I am the Lord,
    and there is no other.
 I have not spoken in secret,
    from somewhere in a land of darkness;
I have not said to Jacob’s descendants,
    ‘Seek me in vain.’
I, the Lord, speak the truth;
    I declare what is right.

God's promises are public, and their fulfillment is sure. So why do we ever doubt him? We never have to be uncertain when we have a God of truth and righteousness.   - Life Application Study Bible.

Indeed, God's promises are public.  If you read my journal you will find numerous occasions of notes of God's faithfulness to me.  I cling to a promise, "Do not let your hearts be troubled, trust in God; trust also in me." (John 14:1). Before I know it, God came through and peace fills me.

When I am anxious, I lift it up to God, spilling my heart in words and He responds through His Word; "Wait for the Lord; Be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." (Psalm 27:14) Yup, you know it, my anxiety proved to be unfounded and my spirit once again overflows with hope.

In mid-March I was seeking in prayer, a word of encouragement, direction, peace and hope. One of the devotionals I read that day said: "God's looking out for you when you don't even know you are in danger." Again, a calm presence centered me that morning.

Isaiah 45:22 (NIV) 
"Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.


Indeed, there is no other God. No other earthly god can provide strength, or fill hearts with courage and conviction. "Rejoice in the Lord always.  I will say it again; REJOICE!" (Philippians 4:4)




Isaiah 45:15-25