Have you ever felt like you were in a maze and couldn’t find your way out?  I felt that way as I drove to visit friends in Lafayette, Indiana.  I came upon Huntington, a city filled with one-way signs, detours around closed bridges, and blocked-off streets.  I caught on fast that I was in a labyrinth when the directions took me to the exact place I entered the city.   A pedestrian tried to help but soon realized even he was challenged with giving directions because of the many diversions throughout the town.  Just when I started wondering if he was about to say, “You can’t get there from here,”  he came up with an unexpected plan.  He suggested I follow him in his car through the maze of city streets and he’d point me in the right direction.  His plan worked perfectly!

How often do we feel as if we made a wrong turn in our own lives?  We find ourselves in the middle of something: a crisis, a challenging relationship, health issues, job stress, (fill in the blank), and we don’t know where to go from there.  We want to keep moving, but it’s as if we’ve hit another roadblock.  Should we keep going, change directions, make an adjustment, or simply adjust our attitude? Isaiah 30:21 tells us, “Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, ‘This is the way: walk in it.'”  You CAN get specific directions, you just have to ask the right Person.   From Psalms 48:17, “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.” So don’t be afraid to try that next adventure,  but be sure to get good directions before you go.