Good (not quite so early) morning on this frosty Wednesday! After testing the battery life of my GPS yesterday, my survival list for a week in the wilderness is one GPS and 84 batteries. Yup, it lasted about four hours; which seems a bit short for a survival device. I'll have to dig out the ol' GPS manual to see if there are ways to make the thing a bit less greedy. Turning your navigation device on and off frequently doesn't seem like the best way to get back safely. This brings us to a lesson in life of course, what did you expect in the devotional? :-) In life we are lost, greedy for power, and not very dependable. We also try to use devices that often have those same characteristics. We look to education, training, religion, physical skills, and many other things to lead us back or forward; we use machines to get us places that are just as close to nowhere as we were at the start, and we find that our spiritual batteries just don't last as long as we need them to last. Where does that leave us?
We know from our own experience that all of our own strength and ability combined with our undependable devices only leads us to ruin. We take long journeys of exploration into diverse beliefs and religions only to arrive at a destination that says the same as where we took off from: "Nowheresville". Jesus has a different way - himself. John 14:6 reminds us that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Jesus goes on to say that no one can come to the Father except through Him. In Jesus, we know the direction, the destination, and the reward. We have a guide to walk with us and show us the steps to get to the Father in Heaven.
When another lost person looks around and realizes that his devices have failed him, her strength is not enough to go on, and the beliefs of the world lead to nowhere, God may have placed one of us right there at the end of that road to point to a better Way. Jesus is waiting to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life to all who seek the Father. Be ready to point to the Way!
Have a wonderful morning in Christ Jesus!
Bucky
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