So, I decided to brave the mass transit system of San Francisco the other day. I went online and carefully mapped out the route that I was going to have to take to get to my destination. As I got into downtown San Francisco, I found that there was a wonderful trolley system. It was so exciting to see all of the classic trolleys that looked just like they do in the movies. I stood by the intersection as the trolley got on a circular plate that spun it around on the track. The trolleys were controlled by a giant hand lever. It was amazing to see this timeless technology in action. The problem was that there was no trolley tracks that gave me a direct route to where I wanted to go. I had to get transfer tickets to board other forms of mass transit to navigate the streets of the city. The trolleys were bound by their tracks.
I thought about life and how we are often limited by the tracks in our life that have been laid before us. Our choices and decisions direct which avenues we will go down and it is seems impossible to get off that track and head down a different route. When we travel through life without a plan of which directions we should go, we can easily get stuck on a route that leads away from our desired destination. I praise God that he has given me directions in the Bible. I know my destination and through careful navigation in his Word, I can find the route that I need to take. We do not have to follow blindly in life. We can know the way to our destination. We just need to know where to find the map.
In Him,
Paul
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