{"id":2771,"date":"2019-09-15T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T23:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2019-09-15T19:03:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T23:03:11","slug":"gods-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/2019\/09\/15\/gods-compass\/","title":{"rendered":"God\u2019s Compass"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><strong>Psalms 119:105-112<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><br \/>\n<em>Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.(Psalms 119:105)<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During World War II, small compasses saved the lives of 27 sailors 300 miles off the coast of North Carolina. Waldemar Semenov, a retired merchant seaman, was serving as a junior engineer aboard the SS\u00a0<em>Alcoa Guide<\/em>\u00a0when a German submarine surfaced and opened fire on the ship. The ship was hit, caught fire, and began to sink. Semenov and his crew lowered compass-equipped lifeboats into the water and used the compasses to guide them toward the shipping lanes closer to shore. After three days, the men were rescued.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The psalmist reminded God\u2019s people that His Word was a trustworthy \u201ccompass.\u201d He likened it to a lamp. In that day, the flickering light cast by an olive oil lamp was only bright enough to show a traveler his next step. To the psalmist, God\u2019s Word was such a lamp, providing enough light to illuminate the path for those pursuing God (Ps. 119:105). When the psalmist was wandering in the dark on a chaotic path of life, he believed that God, through the guidance of His Word, would provide direction.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>When we lose our bearings in life, we can trust our God who gives His trustworthy Word as our compass, using it to lead us into deeper fellowship with Him.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>PRAYER<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Heavenly Father, it is difficult to navigate life. I drift sometimes, but I will trust in You. Lead me and guide me by the faithfulness and reliability of Your Word.Amen.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>THOUGHT FOR THE DAY<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>God has given us His Word to help us know and follow Him.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em><strong>Christian Education Forum, Diocese of NAE of the Mar Thoma Church<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalms 119:105-112 Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.(Psalms 119:105) During World War II, small compasses saved the lives of 27 sailors 300 miles&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reflections"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/images.jpg?fit=300%2C168&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2773,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions\/2773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/detroitmarthoma.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}