“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” (Ps. 32:8)
When Alexander the Great was leading his victorious armies down through Asia Minor, the great leader came to the foothills of the mighty Himalayas, beyond which lay the Khyber Pass and India. As far as Alexander was concerned, he was standing at the end of the world. You see, up until that time no maps had been made of the vast territory before him. As far as he knew he was marching his soldiers off the map of the world!
Often when ancient mapmakers reached the edge of what had been charted, they drew a line and depicted dragons and monsters beyond. You can understand why this practice didn’t exactly encourage exploration. One Roman commander in the first century had led his troops beyond the line on the map into “dragon territory.” He sent a courier back to Rome with an urgent message: “We have just marched off the map. Please send new orders.”
Sometimes it seems as if such unforseen circumstances of life come your way that you are left wondering, “Where do I go from here?” It seems as if your life has run out of map. Your life’s GPS has gone blank and it is not rerouting you!
It can be difficult to keep moving forward when you aren’t sure where forward even is! It can often strike fear in our hearts when we feel life has left us to walk on in unchartered territory.
Well, I have good news for you. God has already been where you are headed. You can rest assured that there is no uncharted territory with God because He created the territory! Just stay close to Him. Keep leaning on Jesus when things are uncertain because He said, “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:”