This weekend Rika and I had a nice 1000 mile ride with a couple of friends.
One of our friends was leading the ride through roads that Rika was fairly familiar with. In fact, when one of the roads was closed to through traffic, the two of them discussed alternate routes.
I'm terrible with directions, they might as well have spoken a foreign language. I waited patiently, then followed them both down the road.
But then I thought, "What would happen if I got cut off from the group and was on my own? Could I even find my way home? Did I even know where I was? If something happened and I needed to call for help, could I even describe where we were?"
Maybe it's time I try harder to learn these roads for myself.
The same could be said for our Christian walk. It's good to have pastors and teachers to follow, but at some point we need to take responsibility for our own lives, and know where we are and where we are going.
2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV) says,
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth."
