RESETTING
THE COMPASS

Topics: Church; Direction; Perspective; Preaching; Truth; Worship

References: Colossians 3:15–17; 1 Timothy 3:15; Hebrews 10:24–25

My sister bought a new car loaded with high-tech options. The first time she drove the car in the rain, she turned a knob she thought would start the windshield wipers. Instead a message flashed across the dash: “Drive car in 360 degrees.” She had no idea what that meant, so when she got home, she read the car manual.

She learned that while trying to turn on the windshield wipers she had inadvertently turned off the internal compass, and the car had lost its sense of direction. To correct the problem, the car had to be driven in a full circle, pointed north, and then the compass had to be reset.

Each time we gather to worship, we are resetting our internal compass. We establish “true north” in our soul, remembering who God is and what his truth proclaims.

—Nancy Cheatham, Olathe, Kansas