Hey, Isn't this the wrong way?!

Have you ever been trying to get somewhere and you are not sure exactly how to get there, so you are going on the word of someone who said, "Oh yeah, go down 3 streets, take a right and then a left and you'll see it no problem". Only when he said go down 3 streets, he forgot to tell you that is was about 5 miles between each
street...and you start thinking, man this doesn't seem right, I thought it would be...... yeah. So many of us have been in this place.

Well for me, there are so many times that I'm trying to figure out where I'm going...in life. Sometimes, and I've said it many times, I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to be when I grow up. Other times, I have some vague idea of direction but nothing super clear. Anyone else ever felt like this? Listen I'm not going to lie, I am

still struggling with clear direction on several things in my life. This, however, is what I am learning, and it became so real to me today.

Today, I needed to go somewhere that was north of here. Northwest a little, but basically north. Well, for whatever reason, I became very aware of the "direction" light on my dash that, of

course, changes whenever you go around a curve or bend in the road. Well, most of the time I was heading north, just like I thought I should be, but then something happened. The road had a slight bend in it and I was suddenly going NW...no problem really, but then there was another

slight curve, and suddenly I am heading West. No North anywhere in the picture...just West. I travel this road all the time, so I did know where I was going, but I started thinking...how many times do we have part of the information...maybe just that our destination is north. So if we ever deviate from going North, we feel we are somehow off track. What I'm finding is that sometimes even though it may feel and look like we are going in the wrong direction, it is exactly the road we need to be taking and the road that really does ultimately lead to our destination.

Let's put it this way....if I had only headed north...I would have ended up hitting trees, driving through fences, fields, probably into ponds, wrecking my car and never actually ending up at my destination. It took heading West for awhile to actually end up where I needed to in North.

Then another example came to mind....the one way streets in Old Towne. If I am headed south on one street and am asking for directions to a certain place, and someone

says, well actually it's just one street over and back just a little ways heading north. Sounds pretty close, but because of the one way street...I still have to continue south until I find a street going the right way, that will allow me to cut over to the north bound street and start heading north.

If I insisted on going North immediately, I would head straight into oncoming traffic. Not only would I cause complete havoc and confusion for others, I could possibly harm myself and others by doing this. Does heading in the wrong direction (south) seem like it is what will ultimately get me to my shop on north street? Heck no! But if I trust the road signs, and realize that sometimes what doesn't look like it makes any sense, is actually the safest most intelligent way to get where I need to go.

So tonight, I ask you this...Have you felt like some things happening in your life are the opposite of what you have been promised? Seems like they are going the wrong way? Maybe like me, you have been saying...Hey! This doesn't look right?! Well sometimes that's true...sometimes it's time for you to see if you've been going the wrong way and make some changes.

Sometimes it's time for you to stop allowing certain things to happen in your life. Speak God's word and change those things, and put a stop to some things.....and then other times...when you've done all you know to do, and all you can say is, God, I'm trusting you....then do exactly that...Trust Him...it may seem a round about way to get to where you are going, but I'm learning, that it's exactly the way that gets you there safely, and who knows who you'll meet along the way that you can offer direction to.

Destination North? Don't get discouraged when it seems you are heading West....

sometimes, it's just part of the journey...and really what we learn on the journey sometimes, is what actually prepares us for the destination! Hold on. If He said we'll get to our destination, then by God we will!