Friday... So where are you headed? Do you know how to get there?

Friday... So where are you headed? Do you know how to get there? It is so important to know where you are headed and also how to get there. It really is.

I was, it seems born in a car. My dad was a traveling evangelist. We would go to a church and would usually hold 10 services and then take three days to get to the next church doing it all over again so we spent a lot of time in the car.

Now it was my job to read the map and tell my dad as the driver how to get to where we were going. I loved doing that. I even now like to pull out a map and visualize driving on certain roads and seeing in my mind how to get to different places and what the scenery is like. Of course we don't use maps anymore. I'm sure some of you have never looked at a map but there is something different that we use to get to where we are going. I usually use Waze that I have on my phone. But we do need something.

Now what if I had to get to Reno from Las Vegas but I said I don't need a map or Waze, I'll just guess how to get there but that is what so many do in living their life. Maybe that is true of you.

Psalm 119:1-5 (MSG) says, "You're blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God. You're blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him. That's right - you don't go off on your own; you walk straight along the road he set. You, God, prescribe the right way to live; now you expect us to live it."

Then verse 6, "Oh, that my steps might be steady, keeping to the course you set; Then I'd never have any regrets in comparing my life with your counsel."

I want to be blessed. I don't want any regrets and I'm sure that you feel the same way. So why not start reading the map that God has prepared for us. Find your Bible and start reading it and living it. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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