I find that this traffic and navigation app called Waze is an amazingly helpful tool in getting around MetroManila. Not because I don’t know my way around this complex metropolis. But because it shows me the best way to get around in the shortest time, avoiding heavy traffic. Or shall I say, avoiding the heavier traffic – since there’s no way to avoid traffic altogether.
Fortunately for me, I live in the New Manila (QC) area, and there are many alternate routes that I can take coming from my house and going to my office in Makati. It’s gotten so that before I leave the house, I turn on waze and consult it which way to go. My first turn out of the gate is crucial. Should I turn left and take Gilmore towards Ortigas direct to EDSA? Or should I turn right and take Broadway and the circuitous route through San Juan and Mandaluyong. Some days, I am told to go left because Waze shows me that going right will take much longer. Other days, I am led to turn right. I have learned, uncannily, to trust Waze to guide me where I should go and thus avoid troublesome traffic and am able to get to my destination as fast as possible. I’m sure I’m not the only one who has enjoyed this great app.
The past two days, I’ve had a series of meetings in our company where we had to tackle major issues. Should we close certain branches? Should we open other branches? Should we appoint this person to head the team, or should it be that person? Should we focus on this strategy, or that strategy? It’s moments like these when I wish I had a Waze device that could tell me which decision to make to avoid disastrous consequences.
Today, God convicted me and reminded me: “Hey, Eddie, I’m right here. I know everything, and I can do anything. I am sovereign. I am wise. I am good. I am Holy.” It occurred to me that I had made it such a habit to consult Waze first thing when I left my house, that I didn’t even bother to first consult God, or seek Him in quiet prayer before getting up from bed.
Jesus reminded me, “I am your good shepherd. I am the way. Follow me.”
Today, I begin again and allow Jesus to rule my life. “He leads me beside still waters … He leads me in the right paths.” (Psalm 23: 2,3)
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