I have heard the phrase, “we have lost our moral compass.” You have probably also heard this phrase. It is a great visual. It connotates being lost and unable to chart a course out of the confusion.
What I see in the world around me today is perhaps even deeper. I don’t think our society has lost its moral compass. I think we have lost true north. We have all the gadgets and technology necessary to find our way out, but we don’t have an agreed upon core of truth. What good is a compass if it isn’t drawn to the north (magnetic – I know but that doesn’t sound as good as true – sorry)?
We can’t possibly all head the same direction if we won’t agree on a basic concept of truth. We have lost our way, because we have lost a sense of God. We have removed the ability for our compasses to seek and point us to God.
The good news is, we aren’t powerful enough to remove God. We are vain and arrogant to think he disappears because we won’t see him. He is there, still calling. We need to give our compasses a good whack and jiggle out the dust and we can correct our course.
That is the only answer. The only way to move forward. Find God and begin to walk toward him.
John 14: 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
Roberta Writes 