Sunday, June 7, 2009

So now the LORD says, "Stop right where you are! Look for the old, godly way, and walk in it. Travel its path, and you will find rest for your souls. But you reply, `No, that's not the road we want!'

Jeremiah 6:16 (NLT)

One of my favorite movies of all time is “O Brother Where Art Thou?” There is a scene where the outlaws are watching a river baptism, and the candidates are singing as they enter the water:

Lord show me the way
Help me change my ways
Before the judgment day
As I went down in the river to pray
Studying about that good old way
And who shall wear the starry crown
Good Lord, show me the way!

When Jeremiah speaks of the old ways he is not talking about “how we used to do it back in the good old days.” No, he calls it “the old, godly way….” That qualifies it. The old ways of the old days were not necessarily any more godly than the new ways of these days.

Jeremiah is here talking about the Lord’s ways.

The other day we bought a GPS navigator for one of our children (I won’t say which one but she could get lost on a one way street). It has probably already paid for itself in unwasted gasoline.

God has given us a GPS—it is “God’s Perfect Scripture.” His Word is our road map. When we follow it’s directions we find rest for our souls—that’s not just the destination, its God’s peace on the journey.

Please do not let this devotion become a substitute for your personal time in God’s Word. Open up the GPS right now and find God’s direction for your life today.

I love you.

Bro. George