Recalculating

Last week, my family took a vacation to Florida.  One of the necessary devices we carried with us was my wif'e's Garmin.  A Garmin is great to help you find your way around an unfamiliar area.  You type in an address, push go and the Garmin gives you directions via a human voice.  If you choose, for whatever reason, to go another way, the Garmin says "recalculating."  I love that word.  Isn't that what we do every day of our life?

What if we approached our lives by telling ourselves to recalculate. In other words, are we on the right path that God wants for us?  Many times, we aren't and we need to recalculate.  The role of the Holy Spirit is to help us recalculate the direction we are going and go a different way.  The Garmin used the shorter route to get us where we wanted to go.  That's what the Holy Spirit does for us. Without it, I drive blind spending a long time trying to find a location. If I don't listen to the leadings of the Holy Spirit, I am going to life lost. 

I am in a season of life where I am doing some recalculating.  We are sellling our home and downsizing, That was a tough decision but Dedo and I know it is the right one.  Our kids are leaving us, so we are recalculating our priorities.  Dedo and I are constantly recalculating our marriage because if we didn't, we would end up in a ditch.  I am thinking more and more about finances and we are recalculating the way we spend money.  I am recalculating my work at Fellowship Church.  What can I do, not do, suggest, prioritize, staffing issues, friends, etc.  After 20 years of serving in this ministry, I need to recalculate my purpose for what I do. 

I love to recalculate because when you do, more energy, creativity and passion is given.  It's like wiping the slate clean and doing God's purposes in a more efficient and relevant way.  What would you do with your life if you sat down and recalculated every day?  I bet it would be more strategic and effective than ever before.

Recalculate!

Comments

[edwin joseph]

Wow cool term, recalculating.. It's just one way of saying that God is doing something wonderful and better in our lives :-)