I had a life lesson yesterday when I was reminded that a sign can be wrong. I was driving down I-95 in rush hour traffic near the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore. This stretch of the road is usually very crowded at that hour and a fender bender or flat tire in the tunnel or road construction can wreak havoc on the commute.
Yesterday there was a big electronic sign that read something like "Road Work. Two left lanes closed at toll plaza". I muttered to myself about how stupid it would be to have construction close lanes during rush hour. I stayed in the lane I was in and suddenly realized that I was in one of those lanes when I saw traffic bunching up and moving to the right.
By dumb luck alone I stayed in my lane until it was too late. That was a good thing for there was no construction. The sign was probably never turned out from the early morning hours when they often do this kind of work. So I found myself sailing through while others were in slow moving traffic.
I realized that life is like that. We sometimes see something that we interpret as a sign that we should do something. We get subjective and act on what we hear or see. While it may have the appearance of great authority, it may also just be wrong information.
How do I know when I'm heeding the right instruction? When I submit my decsions to God and allow Him to show me the way. Still sometimes I'll hear the wrong voice and go astray but I can be content in knowing He will leave the 90 and 9.