Confidently Wandering

First of all, the answer is yes: I did steal the title from the title of Brittany Girle's blog, thanks Brittany :-)

I have always liked that word pairing. The truth of the matter is that the majority of us wander through life. Rare is the person with the 12-point plan for achieving their goals. Even more rare is the person who's plan goes, well, according to plan. The reality of it is, we simply are not able to see how things will pan out or why things happen the way they do until after the fact. I think about individuals from history and how destiny seemed to plan their lives for them. George Washington, Matin Luther King Jr., Martin Luther for that matter, Mother Theresa, Ghandi, Alexander the Great, Moses, Jesus, and on and on and on... Think of any influential person from history and history seems to form itself around that individual. What is so awesome to think about, though, is that all these people started their lives, lived, and finished their lives as wanderers, just like us. The truth is, you don't need to have all the answers. You don't need to have a 8-step plan to success. You don't even need to know where you are going in life because at the end of the day there still isn't any guarantee that you are going to get there because we are all wanderers; we simply do the best we can with what we have. What can we can do, however, is be confident in our wanderings.
People get their confidence to live life from a lot of different places. For some it is family, for others friends, a drive for success, athletic or intellectual prowess, and still others faith and religion. For many, confidence comes from a combination of two or more of these things. For me, the source of most my confidence is my Christian faith. I believe that Christ died to conquer sin and death so that He might bridge the gap between God and me that I might have everlasting life. Of course there is much, much more that goes into my faith and the way in which I live my life, but that is all I really need to know to confidently live life. Christ died to cleanse me of sin in God's sight and because of this I am redeemed as a child of God who will one day be welcomed home. I love getting lost when I drive. Full tank or running on fumes, in town or out, night or day, I really do enjoy the experience. Now that isn't to say it doesn't stress me out sometimes, especially when I'm in a hurry or leading others, but I always enjoy looking back on the experience. We can get so turned around, lost and confused without having even the slightest inkling of which way to go next, but the reality of it is we are never really that far away from finding the right path, or at the very least being able to communicate with someone who can direct you to the right path or even come rescue you from your situation. The fact is, no matter how lost you get, you don't stay lost forever. It reminds me of my life: no matter how lost or turned around I get in life, I still know where I ultimately want to go and I can always consult my Bible (road map) or talk to other Christians, and even God himself to help me get back on track. Either way, I won't stay lost forever. You see, my confidence in living as a Christian is not so much confidence of knowing where I need to be as it is being confident that my heart is where it needs to be, so I cant go wrong no matter where I wander to in life. That is what it means for me to be confidently wandering.

John 3, Romans 8, Galations 3