May 11, 2011
Devotion
Psalm 19:7 “The instructions of the Lord are perfect, reviving the soul.”
The way this bicycle journey works is that Martina is driving the van and serves as my support vehicle. She has all the food and drink and she provides direction for where I should ride. Her directions to me mean everything, because I do exactly as I am told. I have no maps and I have no idea where I am. Martina has GPS, computer programs and maps. We both have walkie talkies which she uses to tell me where to go. This works very well most of the time. But today it happened a couple of times that Martina told me to go one direction only to call me back and say that was wrong and I should go in the opposite direction. In this situation it is not such a big deal because she usually catches the mistake pretty quick, so I haven’t gotten too far. This is not a unique experience. It also happened today that I arrived at the church and they knew we were coming but they did not know what our needs were. That should not have been because I know that I wrote letters and emailed and talked on the phone with them numerous times. Again, not a big deal, we worked it out quickly and they were very gracious and accommodating. But imagine if we had the same problem with God. What if we couldn’t be absolutely sure that the Father and Son and Holy Spirit got it 100% right all the time. That would be disastrous. We couldn’t rely on God at all. But, we need not worry, God is indeed perfect in all His guidance and judgments. We can trust Him completely.
Prayer: God, though I live in an imperfect world and my tendency is not to trust anyone completely, help me to see you differently. Teach me that I can trust you in and with all things. Amen
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