Just Ask For the Directions

Just Ask For the Directions

The very steps we take come from God; otherwise how would we know where we're going? Proverbs 20:24 THE MESSAGE


When my wife and I take long drives, she is normally the navigator and I am the driver. I think she likes it that way because she gets to continue telling me what to do, even in the car. One day I decided to get directions from Yahoo.com. I was going to handle the driving and the Navigation on my own. But, to my dismay, we got lost. We decided to pull into the unofficial location for directions, a gas station. I asked Urs to go in and get the directions since I had already gotten us misplaced and I wanted to maintain at least a little of my dignity and not have to ask for help. People began walking out of the gas station, pointing at our car and chuckling. Once Ursula came out, she told me several people wanted to help her. When she told them the directions we had, several people said the directions were horrible and asked if they were from Yahoo. She said yes and all of them had a good laugh.

I think it is important to get your driving directions from someplace other than Yahoo. I also think it is important to get your life directions from the one that authored you. It is good to make life plans, but discuss them with others that have strengths in your areas of weakness. Let go of your pride, ask, and then trust the answer even if you don’t fully understand it. In life, you can’t do things on your own all the time. Ask the Father who directs our steps, and trust that even though we don’t understand, He is trustworthy to the end. The steps of the people that trust God are directed by God. God is delighted to be involved and if we stumble, we won’t fall because God holds our hand (Psalm 37:23-24 Paraphrased New Living Translation).

It’s gainfully lucid to me that God wants us to depend on Him. He wants us to let go of our worry and pride and ask for His involvement and then act upon the answers He gives. We may not avoid every bump in the road, but we won’t fall and be destroyed, because He loves us.