A while back I picked up a Dell Axim PDA. I loved this thing. It kept track of my contacts, my appointments, I could read PDFs on it, it played MP3s, I had games for it, heck I even put movies and Veggie Tales on it so I always had a portable babysitter if we were stuck somewhere for a while. It was great, but by far my favorite use for it was as a GPS tool. At the time, GPS receivers for the car were extremely expensive, but for the price of some software and a GPS that plugged into the PDA, I had turn-by –turn directions anywhere I wanted. I used it all over the country and it rocked hard. Sadly, my PDA is going terminal now and is currently on life-support. It works, but not all the time and not as fast as it use to. Also, the PDA market is almost gone now, replaced by iPods and smart phones, so my time with my Axim is reaching its end.

One of the things that keep me balanced is my active prayer life. I’m constantly asking Go d for help in my day-to-day trials. It gives me peace to know that the creator of everything listens to me and wants to help. So what I do is tell God what is bothering me and point out how we can solve the problem together. That’s right; I tell God how I want him to help me. In my infinite wisdom, I try to put boundaries on what God can do.

Now this is pretty common, after all we can only deal with what we can perceive, so we limit things to our perception, but often God has so much more in store for us and if we limit it to what only we can see, we are missing out on some of the greatest blessings He has to offer. The issue is not whether God will help us; it is if we are in tune with what he is doing.

Back to the GPS thing. God is like the 24 GPS satellites in geosynchronous orbit around the world. These satellites are constantly sending radio pulses down to earth, telling me exactly where I am and any given time. The problem is that if I don’t have a GPS receiver, I’ll never hear them and in fact will completely ignore the fact that they are there. If I have a GPS receiver but never turn it on, the effect is the same. But, if I turn it on, I instantly know where I am and what is around me. I can then be guided by satellite to wherever I want to go.

God is all around and constantly in action. The issue is not if he’ll do something in your life, the issue is if you are in tune and paying attention to what he is doing. Nothing brings me balance faster than knowing that God is working on the very same issue that is causing me stress. I just have to program my internal GPS to listen for his signals and make the proper changes in direction.