If I gave you a car in Los Angeles and told you to travel to New York City, I would be confident that you would be able to make the journey. You could possibly pass through Interstate 40, or you could use Interstate 70, or you could take the southern route of Interstate 10 and then head up Interstate 95. There would be many routes to arrive in New York.
Now, imagine the same scenario, but this time I put you in a car in the middle of a desert in the United States and I don’t tell you where you are. Would it be difficult to find New York? I could even hand you a map, but you still would have a very difficult time finding the Big Apple.
The point is simple–you have to know where you are if you want to head in the right direction. And just like the example, once you know where you are, there are probably even multiple ways to that destination. Take for example, a bad marriage wanting to arrive in love. You could start on the interstate of ’serving’ (your spouse), or you could head up to the interstate of ‘listening’ (to them), or you could go down to the interstate of ‘quality time’.
God brings about clarity on your reality. He also puts you on interstate ‘heart change’ so that you will have the ability to change. Without clarity we would have no clue which direction to move.
Photo by Wolfgang Staudt
