---LORD, GUIDE MY LIFE ~~

--"Men ought always to pray.... "
--[Luke 18:1 ] -- angelwing

-----AS I thread my way though the early-morning traffic, the little robotic voice in my car's dashboard is telling me every turn to take and predicting the exact time I will arrive at my office.

Thanks to modern-day technology, I can simply request an address and the voice in the dash will give me exact direction to the place I want to go. If the traffic snarls or there's an accident ahead, the voice redirects me and guides me to another route.

Now, remembering the takeaway from last Sunday's sermon, "pray often and listen for God's response." I suddenly see this app in a new way. Or maybe I should say, in an ancient way.

Prayer, I know is mentioned some 132 times in the Bible. We are reminded over and over to pray, to talk to God, and the, just as importantly to listen to how He answers.

How many cars, I wonder, in this morning traffic are equipped with those magical voices in the dashboard? And that's not considering the vast numbers of people across the world who don't own cars, or phones, or any of the crazy GPS apps so many of us depend on.

And yet we all have access to the the greatest "Direction Giver" imaginable. In fact, I acknowledge, He my is riding right beside me in this this car ready to guide me through my day.

I turn off the app. The robotic voice is silenced.

"Lord God," I say out loud. "There's a long day ahead for me, people to help, decisions to make. I sure would appreciate your sticking with through the day, pointing me in the wisest directions, and taking me exactly where You want me to go. Thank You, Lord, I know You are always with me . In Jesus Name. ~

--Guideposts/BK~

Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." [John 14:6]