Our world can be a very confusing place. Very confusing…
“Your life” didn’t come with an “instruction manual”, nobody agrees on “the rules for life” or even…if there ARE… “rules for life.”
The reason for “your existence” was “never clearly stated” to you before you were born…you just WERE…
It’s as if “a big celestial vehicle” dumped 8 billion living, “self-aware beings” onto “a remote, isolated planet” called “Earth” and said, “Okay, everyone …have at it!”
And, have at it, we do! On a regular basis, mind you, 24/7/365 days a year.
Each morning you get out of bed and stare at “an ever – aging face” in the mirror – never knowing WHY you’ve been put here at all…
But hey, that’s a good thing…you are alive and joining in the mix, with everyone else… YOU ARE…SELF AWARE!
That, and that alone, is worthy of celebration! I AM…look out world!
Each “new line and wrinkle” or new found grey hair – exposed by way of those “flickering florescent bathroom lights” – lets you know that you have “one less day” available to try to make “any sense out of it all.” Meanwhile, the clock ticks on…
Nobody cares…and every body cares…no one notices…and every one notices…no one hears…and someone always hears…
“Most of us” NEVER expected to “end up” where we ARE today and if someone told us early on … that this is “where we’d be,” we would NOT have believed them at all…and probably would have laughed at them directly in their face.
Many, if not “most of our dreams” get crushed somewhere along the way under the merciless feet of unexpected disasters, constantly changing surroundings and unforeseen events.
All during this time…the things we look forward to the most in life (like love, joy and prosperity) always seem to remain just out of our reach. Elusive.
Things seldom turn out as planned. You know, “the best laid plans of mice and men…”
Whatever time exists between where you ARE “right now” and “where you hope to BE” is subject to “an infinite amount” of “variables” all seemingly set in place just to “thwart your plans.”
You can practice all of your life to be a concert pianist and then lose your hands in an automobile accident.

You can meet the man or woman of your dreams only to have them disappear in a second or leave you for someone else. People COME and people GO. But they say “the real ones” are the ones that stay.

You can save all of your money for retirement only to unexpectedly die from a work related illness three days after you retire…or the market plunges, even as you knew it always would.

Life is so paradoxical. …You are expected “to do what is right” even though you are unsure of “WHAT to do” or “what is RIGHT in every given situation!” And yet…we want to know!
To help make it through these tough decisions, some have been gifted with a “life compass” that manages to guide a person through “the treacherous sea” of life’s “unyielding insanity.”
It’s “a mechanism” that is “a gift” and you learn from it with each “unforeseen disaster” and “experience” that you encounter and overcome – along the way.
It’s called:
THE TRIUNE GOD,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit…

And there actually is “a guide” for this life and “how to live it” – it’s called the Holy Scriptures…But most have never read it…or have turned their backs completely on it. It’s old, it’s outdated, it is irrelevant today, or so, many seem to think or would say…
But the more you read it, the more you study it, the more you understand it and can relate to it…it becomes a timeless piece and always has been. It speaks to every age…and to all people.
But unfortunately, people fear it! So, Jesus before his death and resurrection pushed the idea of the coming “Spirit.” The spirit was sent just for this single reason, God knew/ knows “how confusing” this world is and can be.
John 16. 13 has always been attractive to believers…“But when he, the spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth…
If there is one thing we need today, it is to be led by “the spirit of truth.” The spirit will “guide us” to remember the truth, produce the truth, and receive the truth. The spirit will “help us” to find the truth, when the truth seems to be so elusive. The spirit will help us “to act” upon the truth and even to “aid us” in speaking the truth.
What is “a cure” of all of our confusion and disillusionment today?
Dare we say it is “the Word” that has always been with us and “the Spirit of Truth” that was sent to guide us, lead us, enlighten us, encourage us and to lead us into all that is true…
The Triune God is here for you! Amen.