Destination

​This past week my wife and I were in London for vacation. As we walked around the city we used Google maps a lot, I mean a lot. However, by the 4thday I felt comfortable about knowing where we were going. One evening we went to dinner at this fabulous steak house that was just amazing. Sorry, the steak has nothing to do with the story, but I started to think about it. Anyways, as we were leaving the restaurant and were walking around the little area that we were in we decided that we were ready to head back to our hotel. My wife went to put it in google maps and I looked over at her and said you don’t have to do that because I see Big Ben and our hotel is right next to it, so we will just take the path the leads us to Big Ben and we will be all good. She looked at me a said are you sure and I said of course we are. 
 
I knew which way to go because I could see Big Ben. So let’s go down this way I said and we will be all good! What I didn’t know was she went ahead and put the address in google maps any way. As we started to go my way because I was walking down the path by sight because I saw Big Ben, we came to a fork in the road and she said ok smarty which way. So, I looked up and couldn’t see Big Ben, so I said it’s this way in a very confidant tone. She said are you sure and I said well of course. She then pulled out her phone and said well its says we should go the other way.  Well yes, I listened to google maps because I found out later the road I choose to go down was leading us in the opposite direction. Isn’t this like life and what we have to do each day is to choose the direction to go. As Andy Stanley says, “Your direction determines your destination.”  It’s so true God has given us to paths to choose and that’s a path of life or a path of the world it’s up to choose to choose. Just as I had to choose to go down a road to nowhere or choose to listen to google maps and choose the road back to the hotel.  As it says in Proverbs 9:20 “youwill walk in the ways of the good and keep to the paths of the righteous.”  So, are you listen to the world when choosing the path to go down? Remember that quote from Andy, “Your direction determines your Destination”. Ask yourself how do you want your destination to turn out?