IT FELT RIGHT

I spent the last few days of the week in Atlanta at the Catalyst Leadership conference with our music pastor Craig. Thursday night we decided to go out to eat in downtown Atlanta. I have to tell you that I have been to Atlanta many times and I can not remember one single time when I did not get lost at some point during the trip. This trip felt different, I was certain that I would not get lost on this go around. As Craig and I were leaving downtown I took a little bit different route than the one we came in on. Craig asked why? I told him it just feels right and I was confident that it would get us back to the hotel. An hour later I realized this was not such a good move. If it was not for anther friend of ours who lives in Atlanta that thank God answered his phone and mapquested me out of the God forsaken area that we found ourselves in we would probably be on the back of a milk carton by now.

How did this happen? I trusted my feelings. The problem is my feelings don't have GPS or mapquest. Nor as I found out do they even no what direction north is, because when it felt like I was going north I was actually going south (for a long time...just ask Craig). Our feeling are not always wrong, but they are never the best source or council for important decision making in our life. If I would have GPS in the car that night I would have caught the first 8 innings of the Yankees game. God's word is the Christian's GPS. You can trust it and if you will rely on its wisdom rather your feelings you will save a lot of heartache and a lot of wasted time.