GPS and God

I made a recent trip to Detroit to assist our new youth minister, Steve Corp, move to Salem. A member of our congregation accompanied me on the trip. He is a truck driver by trade. That was great for me because he liked to drive. It was not so good for my GPS that I brought along.
Truck drivers have their own way of getting from point A to point B and that might not be interstate or even a well travelled road. It may be quicker or even safer, but the GPS has its way of going and when you get off the “approved” path the GPS lets you know by saying, “recalculating.”
To say the least the GPS and my truck driving member were at odds the entire trip. I expected at any time to lose a GPS or a driver.
Aren’t we like that? God has given us a direction that he wants us to travel, but we know better. We have a better way. We know a shortcut.
God seems to be recalculating all the time. Not that he changes his will, but that he is always recalculating the direction because of the decisions we make. It is not that he doesn’t know. It is not because we surprise him. But he wants us to be on the right path. His word gives us the road to travel. It is not travelled by many, but may we learn to hear his voice and turn where he tells us to.