Today’s Scripture Passage:
Psalm 25:4-9
Key Verse:
The Lord is good and does what is right;
he shows the proper path to those who go astray.
He leads the humble in doing right,
teaching them his way. Psalm 25:8-9 (NLT)
Maps help us figure out how to get where we want to go.
Truth? I’m horrible when it comes to reading a map. I’m one of those directionally challenged people who’s continually twisting the map one way and another trying to figure out where I am and how in the world I’m ever going to get where I want to go.
That’s especially true when I look at a Manassas National Battlefield Brochure Map. For instance, just last week, we walked Chinn Ridge Loop twice.
The first time we misread the map and found ourselves on the opposite side of the loop than we thought we were on. We discovered what happened while retracing our steps. We’d missed a turn!
It’s easy to see where we went wrong…now.
The map seems so easy to understand…now.
We went back later in the week and walked the entire loop without a single difficulty.
Map Reminder:
Point of View is important!
Point of View is the position from which something or someone is observed.
(Oxford Dictionaries – Bing Translator)
To properly use a map, I must see it from the map maker’s POV.
The same is true when I read God’s word.
Reading my Bible helps me see things from God’s POV.
The more I align with His POV, the more I understand what I’m reading. The more I understand, the easier it is to know which way to go; the more confident I am in following the directions I read in His word.
Have you ever noticed how the LORD will bring us back to the same place of decision more than once? I like to think it’s His way of helping us practice what we’ve learned.
LORD, we’re so thankful to be citizens of Your Kingdom. We’re thank You for the privilege of being your representative in the foreign land we live in now. Help us to grow in our relationship with You, so we will represent You well. Give us compassion and courage and teach us to love those around us as You love them. We want to love as citizens of Heavens and not citizens of this world!
Digging Deeper:
Psalm 119: 35, 59 & 105, Psalm 139: 23-24, Proverbs 3:5-6, Isaiah 47:17, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, & Hebrews 4:12
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