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February 16

Alexander the Great was arguably the ancient world’s greatest general. Alexander’s troops had seized, at one point, all of Asia Minor including Egypt and had overthrown the Persian empire of Darius III. Pushing right on into India, his men refused to go farther. Faced with barriers like the Himalayas, they discovered that they had literally marched off the map. The only maps they had were Greek maps, showing only a part of Asia Minor. The rest was blank space. There were no guideposts to the way ahead.

Have you ever gone off the map? Have you come to a crossroads in a strange place and didn’t know which way to turn? We all have, at some time or other, I’m sure. I well remember an experience while driving with a friend in a mountainous part of Kentucky where we came to one of those crossroads. There were two road signs, neither of which meant anything to me. One was marked “Pleasant Valley” and the other “Gunpowder.” Quite a choice! Fortunately, I didn’t have to make the choice since my friend knew which road to take.

Isn’t it like that on life’s road? When you come to a fork in the way or when you go off the map into the unknown, you would be completely lost without such a friend. Many do have such a Friend—His name is Jesus.

Jesus put the way of life in perspective for all people in all times: “I am the way the truth and the life” (John 14:6a).

You cannot go off the map of life. Jesus is the map.