The Principle of the Path
I shared about our walk with Christ this past weekend at Cornerstone. How our life is full of small steps that determine our direction. I also mentioned Andy Stanley’s new book, The Principle of the Path. He makes the statement that our direction, not our intentions, determines our destination.
I was in New York City several years ago for a wedding. My wife and I managed to get around by using shuttle services and the train system. We were up in Long Island for the wedding and arranged for an airport shuttle van to get us back in time for our flight home. When the driver arrived, he asked me to sit up front with him. I had trouble understanding his Jamaican accent, and he struggled to understand my hillbilly accent, but he finally got across that he needed some help. He wanted me to be his navigator and tell him how to get from where we were to our next stop to pick up the other passengers on the shuttle ride. He handed me a map and a list of five addresses and asked me where to turn next. I had this sinking feeling that it was going to be a long afternoon. I realized very quickly that a map is useless if you don’t know where you are and if you don’t know where you are going.
The same principle is true in our walk with Christ. I want to urge you to think about where and where you need to be in your spiritual life. Listen to this short clip from Andy Stanley about this principle of the path.