One Map

“...the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.” 1 Th 5:2

There was a violinist invited to play for a homeless man who died without friends or family. He accepted the invitation but unfortunately had a difficult time finding the burial site. When he finally arrived, it was to find that the pastor had gone, and only the workers were left. They were sitting around the grave, resting after the heavy labor. The violinist took a moment before the grave, and then gave the performance of his life. The workers were very appreciative and clapped enthusiastically. As the violinist left, satisfied he had done rightly by the homeless man, he heard one worker comment, “I’ve never seen anything like it, and I’ve been digging septic tanks for 29 years!” 

Do we really know where we are headed after we die? Is our map correct? Even Waze makes mistakes sometimes and leads us to an entirely different place! Sometimes we go about our business as if we will live forever, amassing money, possessions, favor or power, without the least thought of our many neighbors who are needy, who are broken and desperate. Our map 🗺 for our life can be severely shortsighted and lacking in the correct moral compass. 

There is only one map that will get us to where we want to go. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. “NO ONE can come to the Father except through me”, He declared. (John 14:6)