Musing – What happens if we live life without direction?

Hebraic Musing – What happens if we live life without direction?

In the story of "Alice in Wonderland", Alice has arrived at a crossroads and she doesn't know which path to choose, so she asks advice from a Cheshire cat sitting in the trees: "Which road do I take?" she asks. "Where do you want to go?" the cat responds. "I don't know," Alice answers." "Then it doesn't matter," says the cat.  So, if you don't know where you want to go in life, then you can take any path at all, even those that may lead you to places you never intended to be in, or wanted to be in.

There is a similar situation with a Bible character who apparently doesn’t know who he is or why he is --  Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.  The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. …  Then the Lord said to Moses:  "Take the blasphemer outside the camp. … and the entire assembly is to stone him…. anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord must be put to death. Lev 24:10-16  NIV    (BTW  What is the ‘unpardonable’ sin?)

While this man was among the Israelites, he really didn’t know whose side he was on, or where he was going.  Was he a lost soul as hinted at by his mixed lineage – part Egyptian and part Israelite?  Even today, people with no purpose or plan or guiding belief system wind up where they do not want to be due to lack of direction.  His lack of direction came to light when he was doing something he should not have been doing in the first place, a fight. Then he blasphemed or cursed God.  Israel’s God was not his god!  

There is more to this story or lesson than blaspheming or cursing God; it is about the danger of living life without direction. Every choice or decision or step we make needs to be in the direction our of desired destination. In all things, we need to be moving directly toward the God of our Salvation.

What did Paul mean when he testified to the Philippians in 3:14? “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” KJV     Targets in Paul’s days were a thin stick, a mark, which you either hit or missed. There was no close enough or ‘leaners’ or fewer points in the rings around the bulls-eye.

Points to ponder

If our focus and/or our direction is not clear,
will we still hit the mark, or goal?

What is your goal?

Shalom Chaveri (Friends)

Yosef   a.k.a.  Joe Brusherd                                                 Nov. 19, 2013

Author of two books “Hebraic Insights” and  “Biblical Marriage”

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