TRAVELERS
Today's reading: Psalm 117-119

"I am but a foreigner here on earth; I need the guidance of your commands. Don't hide them from me!" Psalm 119:19 NLT

Let's say you and I were to head off on a trip to Japan. Once we procurred the funds to pay for our airfare and arranged a hotel to house us during our stay, the real work would begin.

We'd have to, and I do mean have to, pick us up the finest guide book about Japan known to man. We would need to locate a Japanese/English dictionary. We might ought to see about getting us a real-life translator to follow us around every step of our trip.

We would be foreigners in the land. We, at least I'm speaking for myself, would be ignorant to the language. We could not, without a great deal of difficulty, converse with anyone native to the land in which we'll be traveling. No telling what we'd order to eat, how long our game of charades would be trying to locate a bathroom and what about emergencies that might arise while we're on foreign soil?

Yes, the guide book would be essential. Like our Bibles.

We're not home. Sitting here at 1324 Garrett's Prairie Road, I'm still not home. This is not where my heart and head are focused. This is not where I'm from or destined to spend eternity. So, I need God's Word to guide me until I get back to my Father's house. I need His words to direct me, warn me, teach me and correct me.

Have you opened your Guide Book today? You, dear friend, are in a foreign land--use a guide book daily to help you get around on this 'vacation'!