Thought For Today – July 20, 2024
What is your Compass?
By: Robert A. Searles
We are told by men of experience in seamanship and navigation of the
importance of a compass on a dark night or in a dense fog on the high
seas. When upon the ocean billows a ship is floundering in a storm, and
the fog is so thick that you cannot hardly see a hand before you,
sometimes you get to wonder whether or not you can or should trust your
compass. It seems at times that the needle is pointing in the wrong
direction from what you think to be right, but the wise seaman will have
first checked his compass before he launches out into the unknown.
When he is far from home and from land, if he is wise, he will follow
the direction that the compass indicates as its' faithful needle points
to the true north reference point.
My dear friend whoever
you may be, we are on a broad uncharted ocean of life, lost and not
having any sense of direction or knowledge of how to find our desired
haven until we accept the
Word of God, which has been tried and
found to be true. as our compass. Simply by taking the teaching of the
Word of God and obeying its' laws and principles by faith, just because
God said it, we must believe it and follow it to guide us safely home.
Our compass tells us that the way home to heaven is by the way of the
cross. There is no other way. Broad is the way that leads to
destruction, but narrow is the way that leadeth unto life eternal.
“Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the Father but by him.”
Weary sailor are you lost in the fog, unhappy, depressed, discouraged,
fearfully tossed on the sea of life, desiring eternal everlasting life,
and seeking heaven, but not not knowing where to find it? You have at
your disposal a compass which has been tried and is true, the Holy
Bible, the divinely inspired Word of God. It points to the true
reference point for all of life, the Lord Jesus Christ. It tells us how
we are sinners from birth and without hope in the world, and that we
all have sinned against God and are condemned to die; but it also tells
us of how Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. He died for
our sins, and was buried and rose again the third day, all according to
the scriptures, so that we might by faith receive him as our savior
and allow him to lead us safely home.
God in his mercy has appointed and anointed us who are saved, and know our way home to heaven, to be the lights along the shore so that some poor lost sinner may find his way home.
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Telehelp Publications Christian Literature Ministry
Psalm 26: 7
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