GPS Routing Not Advised - A Road Trip With God and GPS Jack

**Last summer, my friend and I went on a road trip **to Virginia. When we got ready to return home, we relied on Jack, our GPS, to guide us. We talked a lot while going where Jack told us to go, **not paying attention** to where we were on the map.

As we drove the hills of Virginia, we rounded a corner and came across this fork in the road:

Interstate - to the right

GPS route - to the left

Only the GPS route had a sign saying, "**GPS Routing Not Advisable.**"

We noticed earlier that Jack was leading us down Roads with No Lines.

We had gone from a US highway to a State Highway to County Roads

to No Line Roads.

Jack **seemed so trustworthy,** until the road Jack was leading us on said "GPS Routing not Advised ."

*Should we trust Jack?*

* What was up that road ahead?*

* What was on the other side?*

* Would he lead us down a dangerous path?*

As I sat at that fork in the road, part of me wanted to take the **"marked**" way, the way to the interstate, the way s**till on the map.[](https://brendayoder.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/MP900427669.jpg)******

I wasn't up for adventure down unmarked roads to The Unknown. I wanted something I could trust in.

**Something with lines.**

I wondered how many times we're like with God

- **doubtful of where He is leading us,**
- following Him but not knowing where He is taking us.

I don't know about you, but I don't like wandering to Destination Unknown. I don't like traveling on unmarked roads that say *Divine Routing Not Advisable.*

There are times **trusting Divine Routing is risky, scary and impractical, because you don't know where He's taking you**.

I wonder if your life has ever been life that. Mine has been way too much recently.

Sometimes it's challenging when **what's in front of you doesn't seem like the right way.**

When the road He has you on has No Lines and seems to go nowhere.

Yet he says, "Go here. Now turn. Go there."

Kind of scary if I do say so myself.

Luckily,** my friend trusted Jack.** She was a little more of a risk taker than I was as we sat at the fork in the road. With her prompting, I chose to trust Jack and follow him when the sign said, "Not Advisable"

Jack ended up taking us to our interstate destination. We ended up cutting off a lot of extra mileage and we didn't even lose time. And we enjoyed a scenic drive along the way.

He was trustworthy, though I kept asking my friend, "Are you sure he said turn on this road?"

**I chose to follow His instructions and trust him.**

It's a reminder of how much more I need to trust God

- when **things seem to go nowhere**
- when **the unmarked road seems impractical**
- when **what's before me doesn't seem safe**

A reminder to **trust that God knows where He's going**,

- that **He will not lead me astray**
- or** take me to harmful places**.

I needed that visual reminder, perhaps you do, too. We ended up having a fun adventure with Jack.

I think God's kind of that way, too, if we let Him direct us.

Thanks for the reminder, GPS Jack, that **my God is even better than you.**