Continuing on from the previous post with the next thought that hit me while on my many-mile mega-walk today…

As mentioned many times in the past, there are several different walking routes in my local area that I thoroughly enjoy, but my favorite by far (as you could surely tell by the past few posts) is when I’m able to walk (and walk, and walk, and walk) on the National Mall in Washington, DC.  That route with those famous and majestic sights is every bit as emotionally exhilarating as the walking itself is physically, it’s nothing short of spectacular and a super “one-two punch”, scintillating not just body but mind/soul/spirit.

For today’s route, I opted to start at Arlington National Cemetery and walk across the beautiful and elegant Arlington Memorial Bridge which of course dead-ends into the lovely Lincoln Memorial and then it’s off to the World World II memorial then the Washington Monument just one street further and then over to the Jefferson Memorial and then I make several loops among those monuments then, after anywhere from three to twenty miles of world-class walking, I call it a workout and go back home to shower and shave for whatever else is on the schedule that afternoon or evening.

As I walked from the cemetery to that bridge today, there’s a traffic circle and one car’s “captain” was clearly confused (that happens to a lot  of tourists there, to drivers who aren’t familiar with that area) because he simply stopped in the lane which keeps on going and (of course) the driver behind him laaaaaid into his horn so the newbee quickly pulled into the correct lane to the left; it was clear that said “captain” was captive  to his or her GPS.

And it hit me how many people, even Christians, can unknowingly fall into living life like GPS, held captive by the “hustle and bustle” of being busy… running errands, making it to meetings on time, pastimes and hobbies as (if) time permits, and on and on it goes, making it so very easy to “glide” through life, to be on “auto-pilot” as it were.

I’m far from immune to that, but I’ve found that Bible memory (or even studying or even just reading) goes a very long way in preventing that “off-ramp” and propelling one to live life via a very aware and active and pervasively purpose-packed approach.

Just one of the countless tangible, life-changing effects of being in the Bible regularly and better still to have the Bible in us!  Being in the bible is (billionfold) beneficial, but the Bible’s being in us  is best.  Bar none.  Because it’s what most fully and completely unleashes the Holy Spirit’s will, work, way, wisdom, and ministries in a person and nothing can come close to comparing to that.

Thank You, Lord, for Your Word, the Bible.  For how it brings us to a saving knowledge of You then keeps us on the right path in life, literally all the way to heaven one day… thank You, thank You, thank You so very much.

Simply put, the Bible is THE BEST “GPS” in the UNIVERSE!  It’s a “lamp unto [our] feet and a light unto [our] path” (Psalm 119:105), it endures forever and is righteous altogether, restores the soul, rejoices the heart, enlightens the eyes, and makes the simple wise! (Psalm 19:7-9)

 

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