Do you trust your GPS?

10, May, 2010

Nowadays everyone seems to have a GPS. If people don’t have cars, there GPS is on their phone. If people don’t have phones, their GPS is on their computer. If people don’t have computers they probably have a tracking device embedded into their skin that alerts them if they are going the wrong way. Ok, the last was probably a bit extreme, but you never know. People use their GPS for directions, but only driving or walking directions: transportation. What about the GPS for relationships? What about the GPS for school? What about the GPS for work? What about the GPS for friends? What about the GPS for life? Well, God (the higher power in which you believe, whoever he/she/it is) is just like a GPS. In relationships men and women alike pray for that perfect love. They pray that someone will come and whisk them away. They pray that they will find the perfect man or woman to spend the rest of their life with. Again I say, God is just like a GPS. When you are at point A and input point B into your GPS, what happens? A route comes up, right? Do all of the orange barrels pop up to tell you where construction is? Do flashing lights come up to tell you which street lights are out? Do police cars pop up to tell you where “trouble areas” are? Do potholes pop up to let you know which streets are bad? Do hearses show up to tell you where the funerals will be? Does rain show up to tell you where the flood waters may come in? Do barricades show up to let you know which streets are closed? NO! None of these things show up in your GPS. In life, God is the same way. Point A is where you are the day you pray your prayer. Point B is where you are when you are introduced to your answer. As far as relationships go, your wedding day is your point B. But, on your way to the altar, God shows up, God shows out. God tests you. God guides you. God helps you. God prepares you. God scares you. God tempts you. God watches you. God carries you. But most importantly, God teaches you. I was at point A once and I have thought I was at point B. But, on the day that I wed, my point B will be clear as day. I trust my GPS, but all of this construction, these street lights being out, these “trouble areas”, these potholes, these funerals, this rain, these closed streets …. All of these things are just making my journey a little bit longer. But, it is the best journey for me. And, I will rejoice, trust and have faith in my GPS until (and past) I reach point B.