March - 1
OUR HEAVENLY GPS
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5
The statistics are out, and it doesn’t look good. Ac¬cord¬ing to a national survey of car owners, nearly 60 percent of drivers in the United States get lost a few times each year. Imagine! But you don’t have to live in the U.S. to know the helpless feeling of being disoriented. I regularly get lost in the Russian cities I visit too.
Experts maintain that getting lost wastes our time, energy, and resources. Sometimes it can even put us in danger. Their advice is simple: before you go anywhere, make sure you have the right directions—or, better yet, a global positioning system (GPS) for navigating.
This month let’s reflect together about our spiritual journey: its beginning and destination, its sharp turns and slowdowns, its challenges and blessings. Today’s Scripture gives us a crucial piece of advice for every successful journey of faith. Before we can start “driving,” we have to fully trust the Lord. The Bible often calls the Lord our Shepherd. In today’s terms, we could say God is our GPS. Trust in this GPS, and you’ll never get lost!
The Lord warns us against thinking we are smart enough to figure out our own way. He doesn’t even want us to follow other belief systems. He tells us to turn to him in every part of our spiritual journey. If we acknowledge the Lord’s leadership, he will make our path straight and see us through.
PRAYER
Our Lord, we are lost and disoriented without you. That’s why we turn to you for direction in our spiritual journey. Guide us and make our path straight, we pray. Amen.
统计数字显示的状况不甚乐观，根据一项全国性调查，在美国的有车阶级中，差不多百分之六十每年都有数次驾车迷路的经验。实在难以想象！其实何止住在美国，世界各地的人，都能明白迷失方向那种无助的感受。就像我自己，虽然是个俄国人，当我探访俄罗斯的城市时，也经常迷路。
专家认为，迷路浪费我们的时间、精力、和资源，有时甚至令我们陷入危险中。他们的建议很简单：在出发之前，你一定要预先知道怎样走 —— 而更好的办法，就是使用全球位置测定系统作导航。
在这个月，让我们一起思想一下我们的属灵旅程：它的起点和目的地、途中的弯角和障碍、挑战和祝福。今天的经文告诉我们，什么是导致成功信心旅程的关键，在「开车」之前，我们必须完全仰赖耶和华。圣经时常称耶和华为我们的牧者，若用现代人的说法，我们可以说神是我们的GPS，只要仰赖这GPS，你便永远不会迷路了！
主警戒我们，不要以为靠自己的聪明便足以寻到当走之路，祂根本不希望我们跟从别的信仰系统，祂告诉我们，我们应随着祂走属灵旅程的每一步。我们若认定主是我们的元首，祂必使我道路通达，一路平安。
祷告
我们的主，若没有祢的同在，我们便会迷失方向，所以我们要仰赖祢的指示，走我们的属灵旅程。求祢带领我们，指引我们的路。阿们。