God's
Positioning System
I
will instruct thee and teach thee
in the way which thou shalt go
I will guide
thee with mine eye.
Psalm 32:8
Amazingly,
Brian and I have never had a GPS (Global Positioning System) in our
most recent cars. After all of the stories I've heard from folks
about their adventures with those gizmo's, I must say I'm just as
glad I don't have anything like that. One person told me several
years ago that their installed system told them to always make left
hand turns. This person knew most of those turns were incorrect,
especially if instructed to turn on a one way street going the
opposite way. Some have spoken about the female voice (or what seems
to be female) that they can't seem to even turn off when they want to
turn her off. I've also heard of drivers who are perfectly happy
with their system and haven't seemed to have any problems at all
getting to where they want to go.
Despite
whatever system any of us use to get to where we want to go, we can
find ourselves on the wrong path. In our day, many rely on computers
that suggest where to order clothes, where to find someone who makes
home repairs or even in some cases, folks who are looking for love
and companionship off of a computer screen. Our computers often
become a type of guidance/positioning system. Many of our young
people today are taking much of their advice and guidance from people
on electronic devices, people they don't even know and have no reason
to trust.
Any
GPS is dependent on satellites in space that feeds information of
one's position fed to various devices. Those devices aren't just
found in cars. In our day, there is equipment to locate almost
anyone or anything which is frightening to me. Even animals can be
tagged whether family dogs or animals in our national park that can
help in locating any tagged animal at any time.
Why
all this hodge-podge of thinking? I, like some readers, have as of
late, been overly exposed to an overload of political information.
Something that has always fascinated me regarding our top political
leaders is how they and their families are guarded over by the Secret
Service. It is known at all times where those leaders and families
are, doing all possible to insure their safety. I recall the Sunday
morning when George and Barbara Bush attended First Baptist Church
Dallas. Secret service checked people at the door, others were
located near the Bush's and some standing at side walls. Others sat
in the congregation, making themselves as incognito as possible. You
could see many of those agents, some with eyes on that special
couple, others with roving eyes looking for any problems and all with
devices in their ears informing of locations and timing of
departure.
Anyone
who has had teenagers in their homes have heard at one time or
another, “I never have any privacy.” Let me in on a secret you
and I may not think of very often. There is no one, anytime,
anyplace who has privacy where God is concerned. God has His own
Positioning System. Because He, right now, is not in human form,
doesn't mean we are ever off His grid of observation. We can find
comfort in God's omnipresence in our lives, but at the same time,
there are some whose lives aren't perhaps where God would have them
be, who might ask that teenage question...”Don't I ever get any
privacy even away from God?” I have news for any of us no matter
where we are in relationship to God...He is ever present and
observant in our lives. He is our positioning system. Hopefully we
can feel a comfort and security in that fact. Scripture speaks often
in very loving terms of God's tender and loving presence in our
lives.
The
eyes of the Lord are in every place,
beholding the evil and the
good.
Proverbs 15:3
Am
I a God at hand, saith the Lord,
and not a God afar off?
Can
any hide himself in secret places
that I shall not see him? Saith
the Lord.
Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith
the
Lord.
Jeremiah 23:23,24
What
an awesome thing that God is always with me, guarding my every step,
hearing every word. That is love beyond my comprehension and
security even the best the secret service could ever provide. When
in God's will, I am at rest with his omnipresence. If some are not
where they should be in God's will, perhaps that sweet fact will draw
them back to Him where He longs for them to be.
Let's
pray:
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest
my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar
off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O
Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and
before, and laid thine hand upon me. Psalm 139:1-5
Thank
You, Father, for all of that....In Jesus precious name.....Amen and
amen.
God's
Positioning System
I
will instruct thee and teach thee
in the way which thou shalt go
I will guide
thee with mine eye.
Psalm 32:8
Amazingly,
Brian and I have never had a GPS (Global Positioning System) in our
most recent cars. After all of the stories I've heard from folks
about their adventures with those gizmo's, I must say I'm just as
glad I don't have anything like that. One person told me several
years ago that their installed system told them to always make left
hand turns. This person knew most of those turns were incorrect,
especially if instructed to turn on a one way street going the
opposite way. Some have spoken about the female voice (or what seems
to be female) that they can't seem to even turn off when they want to
turn her off. I've also heard of drivers who are perfectly happy
with their system and haven't seemed to have any problems at all
getting to where they want to go.
Despite
whatever system any of us use to get to where we want to go, we can
find ourselves on the wrong path. In our day, many rely on computers
that suggest where to order clothes, where to find someone who makes
home repairs or even in some cases, folks who are looking for love
and companionship off of a computer screen. Our computers often
become a type of guidance/positioning system. Many of our young
people today are taking much of their advice and guidance from people
on electronic devices, people they don't even know and have no reason
to trust.
Any
GPS is dependent on satellites in space that feeds information of
one's position fed to various devices. Those devices aren't just
found in cars. In our day, there is equipment to locate almost
anyone or anything which is frightening to me. Even animals can be
tagged whether family dogs or animals in our national park that can
help in locating any tagged animal at any time.
Why
all this hodge-podge of thinking? I, like some readers, have as of
late, been overly exposed to an overload of political information.
Something that has always fascinated me regarding our top political
leaders is how they and their families are guarded over by the Secret
Service. It is known at all times where those leaders and families
are, doing all possible to insure their safety. I recall the Sunday
morning when George and Barbara Bush attended First Baptist Church
Dallas. Secret service checked people at the door, others were
located near the Bush's and some standing at side walls. Others sat
in the congregation, making themselves as incognito as possible. You
could see many of those agents, some with eyes on that special
couple, others with roving eyes looking for any problems and all with
devices in their ears informing of locations and timing of
departure.
Anyone
who has had teenagers in their homes have heard at one time or
another, “I never have any privacy.” Let me in on a secret you
and I may not think of very often. There is no one, anytime,
anyplace who has privacy where God is concerned. God has His own
Positioning System. Because He, right now, is not in human form,
doesn't mean we are ever off His grid of observation. We can find
comfort in God's omnipresence in our lives, but at the same time,
there are some whose lives aren't perhaps where God would have them
be, who might ask that teenage question...”Don't I ever get any
privacy even away from God?” I have news for any of us no matter
where we are in relationship to God...He is ever present and
observant in our lives. He is our positioning system. Hopefully we
can feel a comfort and security in that fact. Scripture speaks often
in very loving terms of God's tender and loving presence in our
lives.
The
eyes of the Lord are in every place,
beholding the evil and the
good.
Proverbs 15:3
Am
I a God at hand, saith the Lord,
and not a God afar off?
Can
any hide himself in secret places
that I shall not see him? Saith
the Lord.
Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith
the
Lord.
Jeremiah 23:23,24
What
an awesome thing that God is always with me, guarding my every step,
hearing every word. That is love beyond my comprehension and
security even the best the secret service could ever provide. When
in God's will, I am at rest with his omnipresence. If some are not
where they should be in God's will, perhaps that sweet fact will draw
them back to Him where He longs for them to be.
Let's
pray:
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest
my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar
off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O
Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and
before, and laid thine hand upon me. Psalm 139:1-5
Thank
You, Father, for all of that....In Jesus precious name.....Amen and
amen.
God's
Positioning System
I
will instruct thee and teach thee
in the way which thou shalt go
I will guide
thee with mine eye.
Psalm 32:8
Amazingly,
Brian and I have never had a GPS (Global Positioning System) in our
most recent cars. After all of the stories I've heard from folks
about their adventures with those gizmo's, I must say I'm just as
glad I don't have anything like that. One person told me several
years ago that their installed system told them to always make left
hand turns. This person knew most of those turns were incorrect,
especially if instructed to turn on a one way street going the
opposite way. Some have spoken about the female voice (or what seems
to be female) that they can't seem to even turn off when they want to
turn her off. I've also heard of drivers who are perfectly happy
with their system and haven't seemed to have any problems at all
getting to where they want to go.
Despite
whatever system any of us use to get to where we want to go, we can
find ourselves on the wrong path. In our day, many rely on computers
that suggest where to order clothes, where to find someone who makes
home repairs or even in some cases, folks who are looking for love
and companionship off of a computer screen. Our computers often
become a type of guidance/positioning system. Many of our young
people today are taking much of their advice and guidance from people
on electronic devices, people they don't even know and have no reason
to trust.
Any
GPS is dependent on satellites in space that feeds information of
one's position fed to various devices. Those devices aren't just
found in cars. In our day, there is equipment to locate almost
anyone or anything which is frightening to me. Even animals can be
tagged whether family dogs or animals in our national park that can
help in locating any tagged animal at any time.
Why
all this hodge-podge of thinking? I, like some readers, have as of
late, been overly exposed to an overload of political information.
Something that has always fascinated me regarding our top political
leaders is how they and their families are guarded over by the Secret
Service. It is known at all times where those leaders and families
are, doing all possible to insure their safety. I recall the Sunday
morning when George and Barbara Bush attended First Baptist Church
Dallas. Secret service checked people at the door, others were
located near the Bush's and some standing at side walls. Others sat
in the congregation, making themselves as incognito as possible. You
could see many of those agents, some with eyes on that special
couple, others with roving eyes looking for any problems and all with
devices in their ears informing of locations and timing of
departure.
Anyone
who has had teenagers in their homes have heard at one time or
another, “I never have any privacy.” Let me in on a secret you
and I may not think of very often. There is no one, anytime,
anyplace who has privacy where God is concerned. God has His own
Positioning System. Because He, right now, is not in human form,
doesn't mean we are ever off His grid of observation. We can find
comfort in God's omnipresence in our lives, but at the same time,
there are some whose lives aren't perhaps where God would have them
be, who might ask that teenage question...”Don't I ever get any
privacy even away from God?” I have news for any of us no matter
where we are in relationship to God...He is ever present and
observant in our lives. He is our positioning system. Hopefully we
can feel a comfort and security in that fact. Scripture speaks often
in very loving terms of God's tender and loving presence in our
lives.
The
eyes of the Lord are in every place,
beholding the evil and the
good.
Proverbs 15:3
Am
I a God at hand, saith the Lord,
and not a God afar off?
Can
any hide himself in secret places
that I shall not see him? Saith
the Lord.
Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith
the
Lord.
Jeremiah 23:23,24
What
an awesome thing that God is always with me, guarding my every step,
hearing every word. That is love beyond my comprehension and
security even the best the secret service could ever provide. When
in God's will, I am at rest with his omnipresence. If some are not
where they should be in God's will, perhaps that sweet fact will draw
them back to Him where He longs for them to be.
Let's
pray:
O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
Thou knowest
my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar
off.
Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted
with all my ways.
For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O
Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Thou hast beset me behind and
before, and laid thine hand upon me. Psalm 139:1-5
Thank
You, Father, for all of that....In Jesus precious name.....Amen and
amen.