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.