WHEN YOU reach a fork in the road do you have a plan already in place? When the hour is late and you are tired of driving do you have any idea what the plan is now? Many times I have found myself in those kinds of spots. If you are on familiar turf, no problem! But if you are not, which way would you turn? Do your, short quick, decisions pan out? Sometimes, but not always!
ON A RETURN trip home from Southern California, it was late and we were all tired and no hotel vacancies available in Sacramento. Jim and I had a card that we had used on occasion. We just had to call, give our number, and they would locate a hotel room for us in the vicinity. We gave them one instruction “off I-5! Following the GPS on Dan & Faye’s phone we ended up off of old 99, in a hotel that left much to be desired! Not one of us was happy!
WE FOUND ourselves up a creek without a paddle! We spent the night, ever watchful of our surroundings and location. I would say that was one of the worse traveling experiences and hotel, I had ever encountered. The only thing that sustained me was God and the company I was in!
ONE OF the things I found interesting was the use of the GPS; global positioning satellite. Years ago we would look at a map for locations and a map of towns for location of an address. Phone books with maps, gave us pin pointed instructions for addresses. The computer was able to give us direct instructions from our home to wherever we wanted to go. Today there is GPS via phone! It tells when to turn, to go forward and to stop! Amazing huh!
WE HAVE yet to use the GPS system available thru satellite, but we have learned to use the GP system that keeps us out of trouble and from straying off the beaten path of life. When a decision has to be made to which way we are to turn, we turn to the GP system and our direction is redirected. We are on track. We are safe again! Now to us, that is amazing!
GOD POSITIONING system! GPS! How cool is that? Paul used it many times during his missionary travels. He used it when he was in trouble and when he was in prison. Paul was stopped by GPS on the road to Damascus and was given instructions on how to use it for a period of three years. Remember his sojourn in Arabia? What do you think he was doing there all that time. He was learning God’s positioning system!
IN BIBLE STUDY this week I was reminded of God’s faithfulness to those who are His children. “For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of the affliction we experienced in Asia; for we were so utterly, unbearable crushed that we despaired of life itself. Why, we felt that we had received the sentence of death; but that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead; He delivered us from so deadly a peril, and He will (continue to) deliver us; on Him we have set your hope that He will deliver us again. You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers.” 2nd Corinthians 1:8-11 (rsv)
PAUL does not give details about what had happened but we are familiar with Paul and his travels. We know the dangers he faced and how he overcame. Paul does not exaggerate his difficulties, he just tells it as it was. The point is; God was there all the time. He delivered him at appointed times and Paul recognized God’s presence in those times. Do we? Do we recognize God’s answers to prayer? Do we recognize God’s saving us at the appointed time?
WHEN we pray for one another, God’s comforts us and those we pray for! When we share in our abundance, God blesses us and those we have blessed. Think once more about who He is. God sent His Son, Jesus! Jesus came and died giving those who believe and accept Him, the Holy Spirit! This is the direction to turn to! Jane Ann Crenshaw 8/20/16
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