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Have you ever been lost, really lost, so that you had no idea where you were in relationship to where you wanted to go? This has happened to me more than once in my travels and there is usually an easy and good explanation.
Late one night while driving through a city, I became hopelessly lost. I had made a wrong turn and, try as I might, I could not find my way back to the street that I knew would take me through and get me to where I wanted to go. I drove what seemed like hours and wandered hopelessly about. Nothing seemed to be open so that I might inquire about directions. Then I noticed a police car some distance away and was fortunate enough to reach it before the officer drove on. I approached him, told him my plight and explained where I wanted to go. He started to tell me directions and then, probably seeing the confused look on my face, said, "Get in your car and follow me. I will show you the way you need to go." Following him, it seemed rather simple, and I must have been careless to have lost my way. I think of the Holy Spirit as one who leads us into all truth. He may have to untangle us from our "lostness," for sometimes that just means that we are sure we are on the right way when we are not. What a wonderful feeling to get back on the right track, to know it is his way, and to be empowered to walk in it.
-- Fegan
Have you ever been lost, really lost, so that you had no idea where you were in relationship to where you wanted to go? This has happened to me more than once in my travels and there is usually an easy and good explanation.
Late one night while driving through a city, I became hopelessly lost. I had made a wrong turn and, try as I might, I could not find my way back to the street that I knew would take me through and get me to where I wanted to go. I drove what seemed like hours and wandered hopelessly about. Nothing seemed to be open so that I might inquire about directions. Then I noticed a police car some distance away and was fortunate enough to reach it before the officer drove on. I approached him, told him my plight and explained where I wanted to go. He started to tell me directions and then, probably seeing the confused look on my face, said, "Get in your car and follow me. I will show you the way you need to go." Following him, it seemed rather simple, and I must have been careless to have lost my way. I think of the Holy Spirit as one who leads us into all truth. He may have to untangle us from our "lostness," for sometimes that just means that we are sure we are on the right way when we are not. What a wonderful feeling to get back on the right track, to know it is his way, and to be empowered to walk in it.
-- Fegan
