I
learned that when a diver was deep under water, he could lose all sense
of direction. He becomes weightless-no sense of gravity-and swimming
without a natural source of light causes him to become disoriented and
swim sideways, thinking that he is rising to the top.
In fact, a diver can become so convinced that his perception is correct
that he continues to swim in the wrong direction until he eventually
runs out of air and drowns. My friend then said that the only way to
keep this from happening is to follow the direction of your air bubbles.
"No matter how you feel, or what your brain may tell you," he said,
"the bubbles are always right."
The world today is like a group of scuba divers: disoriented and void of
direction. Absolutely convinced that their perception of right and
wrong is correct, they ignore the warnings, while the bubbles of truth
tell them otherwise. Instead, they willfully folloew the directions of
other disoriented expert divers who say, "Live like this . . . believe
like this . . . think this way . . . go that way"-and all the while
their tanks are running out of oxygen.
The Word of God has been given to us that we may have direction for
living. As Christians, we have no excuse for moving through life
disoriented; the verses in Scripture are like the air bubbles from a
diver—they show the way up.
Make sure you’re swimming in the right direction . . . just follow the “bubbles”!
Stephen Davey
