The Lord Will Be Your Guide

• I believe there are three things God wants to do  in your life right now. I’m speaking to the person   who has been in a state of confusion. I wanted  you to know that there is a cloud over your life. Whatever wilderness you find yourself in today,  whether as a parent or as a prepubescent… I could   be speaking to a pastor listening to this on a  podcast, but I want you to know that there is a   cloud, and God sent the cloud to guide you.
• It’s  actually better than that, because God did not   just say he would guide you; he said in Psalm  46 that he would be our guide. That’s better.   If God gave me guidance… I know something  about myself. I’m not good at following it. When Holly and I talk about directions, she’ll  say, “You take a left, and then there’s a   fruit stand, and then there’s a cow, and then  there’s a building, and then there’s a store,   and then there’s a porch swing. It’s  a red porch swing.
• It has an American   flag draped over it.” She knows all of  these details and stuff that I don’t   recognize. Then she’ll look at me and see  my eyes glazing over, and she’ll be like,   “You know what? I’ll just give you the  address.” That has saved our marriage. I’m serious. This is how bad it is.
• When  I was a teenager, I would not go get my   driver’s license. Not because I didn’t want  to drive but because I could not find my way   around Moncks Corner. What is there to find  in Moncks Corner? There’s a Walmart and a high   school. My dad had to make me go get my driver’s  license. He walked in the house one Wednesday.   It was his day off. It was summertime.
• I  had turned 15 months ago, but I wouldn’t… Every time he would ask me, “Want to go get  your license (because I’m sick of driving you   around)…?” Every time he would ask me if I wanted  to go get my license, I would tell him, “No.” It   wasn’t that I was scared of driving. I was so  embarrassed that I couldn’t find my way around,   so I just kept putting it off. One Wednesday,  he walked in. It was his day off.
• It was my   day off. I had a summer job at the… My first job  was at Pet Rest crematory and cremation service.   I started from the bottom for real.  Don’t look at me like I was glamorous. I was in my room playing my guitar. He walked  in and said, “Today is the day. We’re going to   get your license. I’m sick of this.” I wasn’t  scared of the driving test. I should have been.