Asking for Directions

In "Finding Nemo, part 3" this week, Marlin doesn't want to ask for directions. He's nervouse when Dory starts trying to speak whale and asking the big fish for directions to Sydney. At one poit she exclaims, "WHAT IS IT WITH MEN AND ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS?!" Marlin is no different than most men!

It is a family joke now, but every time we went on vacation, my Dad always found a dirt road somewhere during the trip. It was pretty funny! He would get lost, not ask for directions, find the dirt road, and then somehow, miraculously find the right way. He was always proud of himself! But it took alot longer than it should have! Not a good idea with a car full of people who got car sick! :)

Hebrews 4: 12 says, "The Word of God is living and active...!" When we need spiritual directions, the Word of God is ready! The Word of God is living! For being a book that was written many generations ago, it is still alive in this generation! And will be in the coming generations too! But mostly, it is active! If you've ever known a 3 year old, you know what "active" is! It's all over the place! It's full of energy! Yeah baby!

When Josiah became King when he was just 8 years old that was amazing. But when the workers found the Book of the Law and read it to him many years later, what he did next was even more amazing. He had it read to the people and together, they decided that they hadn't been living God's way long enough! They decided right then and there to follow the Law again. It's never too late to start following God's directions. The loser might tell you that it's too late for you, but that's just wrong! It's never too late to start doing the right thing.

When Dory and Marlin followed the directions of the whale, it seemed to Marlin that the whale was trying to eat them. But Dory said, "He says to let go!" And when they did, the whale gushed them out right into the Sydney harbor! We need to trust God's Word even more than that! It's alive and active! Yeah!