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    OUR DAILY BREAD                    Wednesday, December 8, 1993
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    Read:  Psalm 119:105-112

                            STAYING ON COURSE

        Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path...
                 I have not strayed from Your precepts.
                          --Psalm 119:105, 110
     
    A  new device developed by the United States military  is  now
    available   for  use  by  civilian  pilots.  Called  the   Global
    Posotioning System (GPS), the unit utilizes signals from a system
    of  satellites to calculate to within 50 feet the exact  location
    of the plan, as well as the nearest airport.

    David  Ramsdale  could  have used such a device  on  one  of  his
    flights.  As  a pilot for the Jungle Aviation And  Radio  Service
    (JAARS)<  he  was flying passengers over  uncharted  jungle  from
    Yarinacocha,  Peru, toward the Brazilian border.  After a  while,
    Ramsdale  realized he had been following the wrong river and  was
    lost.  Daylight was fading and the plane was low on  fuel.  Radio
    contact  with  the base gave no navigational  help.  Through  the
    dusk,  Ramsdale  spotted  a little river.  He followed  it  to  a
    larger river, and then to a village where he was able to land  on
    a narrow airstrip just as darkness fell.

    A similar thing can happen in our spiritual journey.  We lose our
    bearings and get off course.  Soon we realize we're going in  the
    wrong  direction.  But  we have a positioning  system  that  will
    always tell us which way to go -- the Word of God.  If we consult
    it regularly, it will guide our path and keep us from straying.

    Author:  David C. Egner

             Lamp for the feet that in byways hae wandered,
             Guide for the youth that would otherwise fall;
           Hope for the sinner whose life has been squandered,
           Staff for the aged, and best Book of all.  --Anon.

    THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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    To stay on course, trust the unfailing compass of God's Word.

    THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  2 Thessalonians 1-3

          
          













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