I had an interesting revelation while preparing for my upcoming Thanksgiving holiday road trip. Even though I have a GPS in my car, I still found myself printing door-to-door directions from Google Maps. I realized that even though I would have step-by-step directions right there in the car, I still needed the additional comfort of a printed set of directions that showed me the entire route at the same time.
It occurred to me that my daily walk with God is sort of like this upcoming trip. Even though God is there providing step-by-step instructions as my own personal God's Positioning System, I still want to see the big picture. I still want to know where I'm ultimately headed and which route He's sending me on to get me there.
As much as I want to see God's big picture for my life, maybe that's not such a good idea. After all, He must have a good reason for not showing us all we want to see at one time. Maybe He knows that too much information will be confuse and overwhelm us. Maybe He knows that we might not want to go where we ultimately need to be. Or maybe He knows that if we see the big picture, we won't understand it anyway.
As much as I want all the answers now, I've got to trust that God knows best. Just like my GPS, I have to be willing to trust Him to get me where He's destined me to be - one turn at a time.
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