Our Steps Take Us Somewhere

I'm not sure where I first heard that. It is so elementary. And yet so difficult to see because we seldom equate that it's the summation of all our tiny little steps that actually led us to some grand moment in time. We see random and uninspired steps throughout the moments of our day as insignificant. We see the the big moments as markers on the map, but fail to acknowledge the winding roads that lead to that destination.
There's another truth in this statement. Our steps either take us one step closer to seeing God or one step further. I know God is everywhere. I know His presence is limitless. Even those that say He cannot be around sin need a reality check. In fact, God is often more consuming when His creation is in deep despair. But think through the statement. We are all walking somewhere. Pause for a moment and look at your feet. Which way are they facing? If you continue in that direction, where will it lead? I think there is incredible value in writing down where you want to go. But in our hurry and haste we often lose sight that our small steps lead us in a totally different direction and unless we alter our course, we will never get there.
We know what a difference one degree off can be for a golf ball and for a jet airplane. So it is with our steps.
You've heard it said, be careful little eyes what you see. Be careful little ears what you hear. But I tell you, be careful little steps where you go.

Jeremiah 3:21-25

The sound of voices comes drifting out of the mountains, 
   the unhappy sound of Israel's crying,
Israel lamenting the wasted years, 
   never once giving her God a thought.
"Come back, wandering children! 
   I can heal your wanderlust!"

 "We're here! We've come back to you. 
   You're our own true God!
All that popular religion was a cheap lie, 
   duped crowds buying up the latest in gods.
We're back! Back to our true God, 
   the salvation of Israel.
The Fraud picked us clean, swindled us 
   of what our ancestors bequeathed us,
Gypped us out of our inheritance— 
   God-blessed flocks and God-given children.
We made our bed and now lie in it, 
   all tangled up in the dirty sheets of dishonor.
All because we sinned against our God, 
   we and our fathers and mothers.
From the time we took our first steps, said our first words, 
   we've been rebels, disobeying the voice of our God."

Checking our compass is a moment by moment decision. What will it take today for me to turn the attention of my heart to the only One worth following? He is the Way back home.