It was getting dark and the road I was driving on was getting narrower, it looked less and less like a road for cars but she in her kind and sweet voice kept on saying " Go straight".They should be some reason they called her GPS, I thought. " Got to trust her" , my mind told me. The houses on the sides looked like giants from a Greek mythological story ready to pounce on me and take me to Hades and they were these small gothic figures which seemed ready to come alive any moment now. Everything was turning real and ready to confront this puny man in his machine with four wheels.
I panicked inside, I felt a pain rise up in my stomach. " I do not know this land" and I do not speak the language". The pain had now reached my throat and I could feel loosing my voice even though I was screaming inside.It had reached my head and my eyes was ready to pop, " Was I loosing sight of all that is real"?.
Then out of nowhere , the road ended right in front of a huge beautiful lake, surrounded by green fields , tall trees and mountains in a distance and she said in her kind and sweet voice ( sounding even more beautiful) " You have reached your destination", on the left was the inn I was planning to spend the night, which was followed by another voice in my head saying " where is your faith?".
Life is all about narrow roads, dark alleys and impatient people, surrounding you, questioning your every motive and plan , but with all the pain and panic inside, you continue to move forward , doubting as a human but growing in faith as a child of God.
Standing before the lake , the word GPS started to unfold with a new meaning. G became GOD , the one who guides me in my everyday walk, P become PRAYER , the only way I talk with my father in heaven, the conversations that show me that He is my friend and wants the best for me, S-SUBMISSION, the unconditional obedience, love and faith I need to have in Him, the readiness to give everything into His hands.
God, Prayer and Submission, the tools that lead me on the right road, in spite of the pain and suffering, understanding that perseverance , endurance and character are coming together, I will continue to travel this road. My GPS continues to inspire the roads I travel, continues to remind me who I am, whose I am, where I came from and continues to open up the mysteries of His love , His word and His return.
In your journeys,where doubts and struggles come, find your GPS, for together we can reach that place where the streets are paved with gold and death is no more.
What is your GPS?.
