Psalm 43

1 Declare me innocent, O God! Defend me against these ungodly people. Rescue me from these unjust liars.
2 For you are God, my only safe haven. Why have you tossed me aside? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies?
3 Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live.
4 There I will go to the altar of God, to God—the source of all my joy. I will praise you with my harp, O God, my God!
5 Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is one of the great contributions to navigation. I have one in my car. Now, if I get lost, its entirely the GPS's fault...or my wife's.

Even better...mine has real-time traffic updates so I know exactly how to avoid rush hour delays. It also marks one-way streets so I don't get confused. I should check...it might even make me coffee. Trouble-free driving...I can always reach my destination the easiest possible way. If I use it.

Don't leave home without it...

David came to a similar conclusion about his tumultuous life. There are so many pitfalls, snares and dangers. It's a miracle any of us survive for a lifetime. David says "send out your light and your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live".

Spiritual GPS...

Only two things would prevent us from following David's suggestion: Either we don't believe we're going anyplace in particular, or we think we already know the way. I'd caution everybody that either response will put us right into the mess that David was trying to pull himself out of.
1. We absolutely are heading someplace in particular. Depending on our point of view...it's heaven, hell, or the grave. We can't avoid the trip. Nobody gets out of this life alive.
2. We absolutely need directions. And if we don't believe this is a big problem...consider spending a lifetime thinking you're on the highway to heaven and one day you wake up in hell.

Ooops!

So, David says "send out your light and truth". This is like the GPS signal sent from the satellite. When the signal is received by the proper device...voila! Perhaps even more to the point, David says "let them lead me to the place where you live." Like pressing the "home" icon on our GPS, we can be anyplace on the globe and we will get precise directions home. How great is that?
It's one thing to have a GPS. It's another to have one that will always take you home.Here's my question today...do you have any idea where you are? Are you confident of your destination? On what basis? your gut? Typical man...never asks directions.

Big, big gamble!

The "light" is God's Holy Word (Jesus). The "truth" is God's Holy Spirit. Both are infallible, and indispensable if we absolutely, positively have to get there.

But then...you could be one of those who regularly yells at your GPS, convinced that it's wrong.

Live boldly out there today...