Spiritual Navigation Oh, how I love your law! I think about it all day long. Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for your commands are my constant guide. Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your decrees, I am even wiser than my elders, for I have kept your commandments. I have refused to walk on any path of evil, that I may remain obedient to your words to my taste, they are sweeter than honey. Your commandments give me understanding no wonder I hate every false way of life. Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light for my path. I’ve promised it once, and I’ll promise again. I will obey your wonderful laws. –Psalm 119:97-106 Dava Sobel’s award-winning book “Longitude” describe a dilemma faced by early sailors. They could readily determine their latitude north or south of the equator by the length of the day or height of the sun. Calculating east/west longitude, however, remained complex and unreliable until English clockmaker John Harrison invented the marine chronometer. This was “a clock that would carry the true time from the home port . . . to any remote corner of the world,” thus enabling sailors to determine longitude. As we navigate the seas of life, we also have a reliable source of spiritual direction—the Bible. The psalmist wrote, “Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day”. Rather than occasionally glancing at God’s Word, he spoke of pondering the Lord’s directions throughout each day: “Your testimonies are my meditation”. This was coupled with a commitment to obey the Author: “I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments”. Like the mariners of old, we need a constant guide to help us find our way and stay on course. That’s what happens when we seek the Lord day by day with an open heart and a willing spirit that says, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” –David McCasland We need God’s guidance from above. His daily leading and His love; as we trust Him for direction, to our course He’ll give correction. –Fitzhugh With God as your navigator, you’re headed in the right direction. Our Daily Bread
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