He knows where He’s going

Did you know that transporatation is important to God?  He uses it all the time to move people and things from where they are to where He wants to take them.  

I was reminded of this when I read the story of Noah.  He was instructed to build an ark for rescue from the upcoming flood.   What He didn't realize was this would be an object to get him to where he needed to go.

What an awesome faith journey for Noah, as for 100 years he listened and obeyed God as he built the transportation needed .  It would eventually take him, his family and many, many animals where they needed to go.

What can this mean for you and me?  In Acts 17:28 it says: For in Him we live and move and have our being.  It means that if you are In Him, He is your Transporter, He moves in our lives!   His gift of Jesus was a way He moved and continues to move people from death in Adam to Life in Christ.  He always has places for us to go with Him! 

In Matthew 7:13,14: Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it.  For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.  

God is a transporter who made a map, has a compass and reads and adheres to road signs.  I love what Mike Wells said in his book, Problems, God's Presence & Prayer.  He uses a funnel as an illistration of how God transports us.

"Jesus indicates there are two roads men can follow:  the wide path heading to destruction and the narrow way directed toward life.  Believers are moved out of the wide path and into the narrow way through what I like to call God's funnel".

Today I was reminded of how we can have our day all planned out with what we think is a good road map.  Then you get a "detour sign" through a text asking for help with childcare.  I then looked at the road map for the day and saw I needed to talk through the detour option with my Transporter for the day.  He showed me how to adjust and move in a different direction.  Did you know that a detour is set up to protect you from something?  I heard Dr. Tony Evans last year talk about the subject of detours in our lives.  We can think they are an annoyance or hinderence to where "we" want to go, but He has a different plan that always involves our safety.

One last thing to think through...did you know that transport also means rapture?  I find this encouraging, because eventually our Great Transporter will take His family to live with Him in heaven.  Our final destination!

There are many great examples of  what it means to be transported when we look at the life of Jesus.  He was transported into in a womb.  He was carried on the hip of his mother.  He was taken to the cross.  He was moved to a tomb.  He was raised and ascended to the right hand of Father.  This is a small look at how Jesus was transported through each day as he lived here on earth.   The main thing to be aware of is that his Father was always His driver.  In the book of John we see this.

John 5:30 YLT  I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will (road map), but the will of the Father who sent me. (my words)

Some times the roads are clear, sometimes they are bumpy, sometimes they are narrow, but the most beautiful views are usually the roughest roads to be travelled on.

Today is a new day to let God drive your life to where He knows the best road to get you where He wants to take you.  

Let Him drive, He knows where we're going and He's always great company on the trip. 

Let's enjoy the ride.