For most people in this world, any decision they make is based on what they think is right. Their moral capacity to do good is solely secured in how they feel at any given time, or it is chosen by situational principles. For most people when it comes to deciding a direction in life…they are both the compass and the magnetic draw. Therein lies the problem.
A compass is an instrument that guides based on the draw of an outer force (earth’s magnetic energy). A true direction can only be set when the free-standing pointer of the compass is in line with the greater force. This means that a compass has to rely on something else (besides itself) to point in the right direction. An easy enough concept to realize in science, but apparently not a notion most people accept in their own lives.
“I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.” (Jeremiah 10:23) Man cannot make decisions, within himself, of where his moral compass points. What is right and wrong does not inherently reside in man. That would falsely imply that man is the force by which he walks. However, man cannot be both the compass and the magnetic draw. There must be a greater force to which man comes under submission.
“In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight” (Proverbs 3:6) It is through God we find absolute direction. He is the true north of every soul, and when life is directed by His Word…that course will lead us across that old Jordan to a home everlasting.
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