GPS

GPS
Psalm 119:1-8, Proverbs 3:5-6

Prov. 3:5-6: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

Jeremy’s brother Michael is fifteen years old. They’re close, but because Jeremy is ten, he doesn’t always understand what troubles Michael. One night, when doing homework on their bunk beds, Michael’s cell rang.

“Hi John!” he answered, after seeing the caller’s ID. “Man, you know I can’t do that…Really? I don’t know… Well, maybe… I’ll get back to you. Later.” He blew out a big sigh after hanging up the phone.

Jeremy said, “What was that all about?”

“John wants to sneak into Julie’s basement and crash her birthday party.”
“What’s so great about that?” Jeremy wondered.
“Her parents will be away, and John wants to bring a pony keg of beer to their party.”
“Oh. When?”
“Friday night. That’s when her parents will be away; only her older sister will be home.”
“What’s so cool about drinking beer with girls?”
“It’s fun, Jerm! Girls get crazy when they drink beer.”
“Really? Like how?”
“They like to flirt with boys and kiss, stuff like that.”

“Ugh! And you WANT that?”

“Yeah, that sounds fun…But, it doesn’t feel right.”

“If her parents won’t be home, they might never find out; but her sister could rat you out. If you have to sneak around to do something, it is probably wrong.”
“That’s why it sounds so tempting…don’t you get it?”
“It sounds dangerous to me, and it’d be crazy to get into trouble for a kiss!...I guess I don’t get it.”

Take Home Nugget

Today, GPS is known as the Global Positioning System. It is on cars, airplanes, boats—anything that moves, even people. A satellite can find the object and give its exact location anywhere on Earth.

God has provided His children with our own internal GPS called the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is like a divine GPS. God’s Positioning System.

He warns us of danger. When we ignore our internal GPS, we’re open to compromising God’s Word. After ignoring His warning for awhile, He’ll shut up. Then we’ll be wandering through life on our own—without His help, and way off course. Without our own GPS in good working order, traveling through this world will surely steer us into trouble. This is a potentially volatile situation. But keeping our own GPS in perfect order (by heeding the Holy Spirit’s guidance and warnings), we’ll always be in the safety zone.

Walking through a trial, it’s sometimes hard to see
The valley of shadow and potential pain.
But when the internal God of warning is with me,
His steady hand will uphold and sustain.

J.D. Griffith

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