Life Is Like a Maze!

Today, my family and other homeschool families went to a cornfield maze. And it was so much fun! We watched a show of singing chickens, fed some animals, cheered for a pig race, got lost several times in a cornfield maze, and had an absolute blast riding a crazy cow ride.

Whew!

I thought I would share just a little bit about what I "learned" today. It can be summed up with this statement: Life is like a maze! Now, here are a few thoughts along this line. Enjoy...

1. Try new things!

You know, sometimes you just have to try some new things in life. If you don't, you'll feel like you simply move around in life's maze without really getting anywhere.

Take my youngest son, for example. Here he is feeding a pony. It's not every day that you get to feed a pony. Well, maybe for some people who live on a farm it is. But we don't live on a farm. So this is a cool "new thing" for us.

This is the point. I think I read in Drew Brees' book that if you want a different result, you have to alter your routine sometimes. I believe he's on to something here.

If you've never launched out into some new things, there's no better time like the present! If the Lord's leading you to do something you've never done before, trust Him and go for it by faith! Just spend a little time reading Hebrews 11, the great "Hall of Faith" chapter in the Bible, and think about how God called all kinds of people to do all kinds of "new" things by faith.

2. Everybody's got a race to run!

I've never seen a pig race before, but you can take a look at one right here. Just watch the video below, and enjoy a good laugh, too!



It's kind of interesting when you watch one of the little pigs run his race. Did you notice how in the hustle and bustle, the little guy got turned around?

I don't know about you, but sometimes I feel like I get "turned around" as well. Then, when I get my direction straight, I'm ready to go again. And one day, I'll finish the race!

So run your race. I'm not sure all God has in store for you, but I'm sure we all have a race to run. I'm also sure we'll all get "turned around" at times. Yet, we must never give up. We've got to keep on running until we finish the race one day (see Philippians 3:10-14).

Of course, the "finish line" isn't anywhere on this side of heaven. We'll be finished with our race only when we see Jesus face to face. (Hey, that rhymes!)

3. Without a map, you're shot!

I can't tell you how long we walked around in that maze today. But it was quite a while! Of course, once we asked someone for help, we were able to make some real progress.

Now, the cool thing about the person who helped us was that he was way up in the air on a scissor lift. There were some people walking through the maze with us, but they couldn't really help us because they were only seeing what we were seeing. The person on the lift, however, had a totally different vantage point. He could see the whole maze from where he was. So he knew exactly what we needed to do and gave us clear directions.

Surely, you see where I'm going (no pun intended), right? When we follow others who only see the things of this world, we're not really getting help and direction. But when we seek the Lord, He reigns from heaven over all things, and His instructions are perfect and clear! This is why we always need to follow Him (see Proverbs 3:5-7).

Also, once we got to a certain point in the maze with the help of our "guide in the sky," we knew how to better use our map. Of course, we first needed to know what path we were on. When we began our trek through the maze, I wasn't sure if we were supposed to follow the black spaces or the white lines. Take a look at our map, and you'll see what I'm talking about.


(Okay, I just have to pause right here and say something: Who Dat!?! Alright, thanks for letting me get that out. Let's pick-up where we left off...)

But after we figured out we were on the white lines, we were good to go. In fact, after we knew where we were and how to use our map, we finished the maze without a single problem!

Our "map" for life's maze is God's Word, of course. When we know how to use our "map" as we walk through the maze of life, we can follow Christ's directions and finish strong (see Psalm 119:105).

4. The journey is rough and fast, so have some fun!

Towards the end of our day at the cornfield maze, we rode in a little "cow" ride. Boy, was it a blast! Our guide for the ride was having a lot of fun with us.

Now, it was pretty rough and fast for an old guy like me, but it was tons of fun. Just take a look at this video and have a good laugh with (or at) me!



You know, Jesus never said that following Him would be easy and just loads of fun (see John 16:33), but we do need to realize that "joy" is mentioned in Paul's list of the fruit of the Spirit (see Galaltians 5:22-23). In other words, I think if anybody should have a smile on their faces, it should be Christians. After all, we're forgiven and going to heaven! We're more than conquerors (see Romans 8:31-39)!

Some Believers say they have "joy" in their hearts, but apparently their faces don't know about it because they always look like they've been baptized in 500 gallons of pickle juice!

The Scripture says on one occassion that Jesus was full of joy in the Holy Spirit (see Luke 10:21a). No surprises here in light of the fact that we just mentioned how joy is listed as a part of the fruit of the Spirit.

So here we have it. Life is a maze, but as we move through it, we need to try some new things, run our race, use our map, and have some fun along the way. Don't ever give up when you feel like your going in circles because God is going to finish the good work He started in you (see Philippians 1:6).

Blessings!