“You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?” Galatians 5:7

Heading north on the interstate I was headed to a place near Tampa. A traffic report on the radio indicated an accident and major backup ahead. Pulling off the road, I decided to tap into old learned skills of map reading with new technology from my cell phone. Plotting a course I wrote down the roads I would need to take to reach my destination without interference. All went well, until I realized I had gone 9 miles past my exit!

I have a cell phone, but the apps that direct me ‘turn for turn’ either weren’t working or I had no signal that far out yonder! So I did the best I could with the information I had. Or so I thought! After a long drive in the country, something started dinging in my head that made me feel I was off course. I had only 2 choices. I could stop and recalculate. Or just keep going. One good thing about being 63 is, I have learned the BEST option is to “stop and recalculate!”

When Paul wrote the Book of Galatians he had his dander up. He didn’t have a cell phone or the ability to teleconference. He was far from town had to get updated travel information to the Church in Galatia the fastest way possible. That meant a letter! We have a copy of it and we know from simple deduction that the Believers there had taken a turn in the wrong direction. If left unchecked, their chosen path would take them WAY off course. It was time to recalculate!

The ways of obeying the Law and the ways of Grace are 100% opposed to one another. We are not saved from our trip to the lake of fire by our obedience to a set of rules. We are save by receiving the free gift of Grace through the death and resurrection of Christ. Once turned around by that Truth, we do not change course and go back to a set of old rules. We are not ‘heaven bound’ because we are good, we are ‘heaven bound’ because we are HIS!

All believers in Christ carry the Gift of the Holy Spirit. This ‘New Technology,’ as compared to the old list of rules, enables ME to KNOW when something is wrong. That is ‘IF’ I am paying attention. And ‘IF’ I choose to pay attention, I really only have 1 of 2 choices. I can STOP and recalculate… or just keep on going. ‘MY CHOICE’ is what makes the difference as to whether I reach God’s destination for me… or not!