Which Way Did They Go?

Glancing at the clock I noticed that was 9:05 am my next appointment was not until 12 noon. Still needing to run to the next town over I decided to make the run, hopefully traffic would flow for me and not to many red lights would delay my trip. I rushed to my vehicle, put it in gear and away I went. This scenario happens quite often in our modern day society.

Yet it was not always that way. Even as late as the early 1900s people rarely traveled more than 20 miles away from the home for most of their lives. The only exceptions were for merchants, army and political leaders. Today we routinely make trips that cover over twice that distance in a matter of a hour or so and think nothing of it. As the video above shows, the increase availability of transportation is just one of the interpretation one could get from our sign today.

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Daniel 12:4

The other interpretation that I’ve heard related to this sign and the one I personally use is that in the End people will constantly change their positions on long held ideas and philosophies. If you take a look around yourself you will see countless examples of people changing their position from one extreme to another.

Lifelong Democrats are now Republicans and vice versa. Denominations are abandoning historical viewpoints on every subject imaginable. People who were raised conservative have a liberal view now. It’s almost as if no one has a solid foundation of truth from which they stand. This quote from Rosa Parks says it so eloquently.

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s might oak is yesterday’s
nut that held its ground.

Rosa Parks

It seems she understood God’s word in Ephesians.

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Ephesians 4:14

This week lets take some time and review ourselves and see if we are standing firm on the unchangeable Word of God, or allowing this chaotic world to dictate how we see life.,

Father,

I have found many times in my life in which I’ve fallen victim into believing what the world has told me. I have rebelled against you, not studying Your Word and applying it to my life. Because of this I have left Your solid rock and drifted into shifting sands. And find myself sinking into a quagmire of ideas, losing sight of You and Your Son, living a life full of fear and regret. Lord, grant me Your Holy Spirit to enter my heart and guide me into all truth, so that I may show the world your Glory and the peace that only drawing close to You and bring.

Amen