Maps Save Lives...

Have you ever heard about the difference between men and women?
Well, one of the seven hundred million differences between men and women...
Women would get lost and stop, asking someone for directions while men would just keep driving around until they figured out which direction they were supposed to be traveling in.
Makes no sense but, okay...
Well, thank God for witty inventions and common sense because, thanks to geniuses of some form or another, GPS was invented.
I am one individual that would not travel anywhere outside of my immediate radius without their GPS. I need it. It's a requirement. While there are some places that I do know how to get without general direction: My parents-in-law's house, the mall, Wal-Mart. Those places are grilled into my brain. But then again, there are quite a few places that I frequent and I would not be able to get there without the help of my trusty iPhone and the wonder that is GPS.
I'm cool with the flaw that I called "perpetual misdirection".
What in the world does this have to do with being a wife? Stay with me. I'm on my way.

Psalm 32:8

"The Lord says,

'I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.
    I will advise you and watch over you.' "

 

Just as I have no idea about directionality when I am driving to unfamiliar places, I have no idea how to navigate the unknown (and some of the known) aspects of marriage alone. No way. And your husband can't either. You all know each other as well as you possibly can, but living your lives together successfully and the way God wants you all to live is impossible without the directions of God.

God promised to give us the epitome of a Global Positioning System. You know why? Because He created all and knows everything that there is to know about you and your man. He knew you when you were born, when you met, when you married, when you had your first argument. He even knows where you are now and where you will end up.

If you think about it, isn't the best person to get advice and direction from the person that already knows what is going to happen? Why would I ask someone that has no idea about me, my past or my future.

The scripture says that God will guide is along the "best" pathway. That means He knows the best way to go and the best route to get there. He is in no position to lead you wrong; He couldn't even if He tried. All we have to do is allow Him to take the wheel.

And no back seat driving is allowed.

Now as for driving on the actual road, I bless God for Google maps...

The greatest obstacle to learning is not the actual teaching of something new. It is dealing with what you have already learned.