A couple months ago, I was to meet a group of friends living in a newly
developed housing sub-division within my city for a brief meeting. I was
running late, so I quickly grabbed my car GPS and punched in the address. Lo
and behold, the GPS could not find the location. I tried it twice and the
result was the same.
Glancing quickly at my wristwatch and realizing I had spent about four
minutes fiddling with this GPS, I picked up my mobile phone and punched in the
same address into it. Like a swift flash, the location popped up, with clear
coordinates and estimated arrival time. Staring quickly at my wristwatch again,
I humbly remembered that unlike my mobile phone which updates itself regularly,
my car GPS has not been updated recently.
In life, because we could not find certain things e.g. opportunities do
not mean they are non-existent. We may be applying an outdated approach, tool
or means in our search.
Like the GPS, there are new ‘locations’ and ‘territories’
being are added to our path. To achieve our assignment here on earth, we would
need to upgrade our capabilities and employ better tools to discover these ‘locations’
and ‘territories’.
The sling and stone that brought victory yesterday might not be enough
to challenge the new enemies we are to face today. We may need chariots. The
thirty-two thousand soldiers we are gallantly marshaling to war might be filled
with fear-laden, strategy-lacking men who would not deliver the battle into our
hands. God would have to intervene to trim our troop and position only
three-hundred combatants for victory.
My mobile phone saved the day but what if my car GPS was the only gadget
I had. It would have needed an upgrade to get me to my destination.
