Re-Calculating

I was recently navigating many twists and turns in an unfamiliar neighborhood, both exiting and entering my search of a home address, with the use of my friendly GPS. As I was in traffic, and there was no quick clear evidence of the street name in my view, I went past my intended right hand turn. Quickly, I heard the words"re-calculating." As I waited to hear further instructions, it dawned on me there were some attributes of the re-calculating, that are much like listening to the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 78:1-4
Listen, dear friends, to God's truth, bend your ears to what I tell you.

If I but listen, my ears will hear. Simplistic, but yet so deep. How often am I in a hurry, and in the hurry, I adapt an independent streak that leads me down a path of not asking, not seeking and not listening to anything but the harried places in my own mind. If I but seek and ask the Lord to "re-calculate" my steps and redeem my time, He is sure to straighten my paths.

John 3:34-36
"The One that God sent speaks God's words. And don't think he rations out the Spirit in bits and pieces. The Father loves the Son extravagantly.

When I listen and am "re-calculated" by the Holy Spirit, I find extravagant assurance and peace that I am walking in the will of the Father FULLY - without any doubt - and that He is extravagant with his complete guidance in every circumstance and situation.

John 16:12-15
"I still have many things to tell you, but you can't handle them now. But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. He won't draw attention to himself, but will make sense out of what is about to happen and, indeed, out of all that I have done and said.

What assurance we can have in trusting the One who "will take us by the hand and guide" into all truth. Even when I am lost in physical traffic, I can call out to him and He often leads me to taking the right turn, or help me to get my own bearings in my mind. In the spiritual, taking my hand and leading me to the secret place where He lavishes His love and guidance upon me, so that I may walk and navigate the relationship He so desires of me - and not be lost - but completely found in Him. This is truly "re-calculating" in the power of the ministration of the Holy Spirit.