Compasses and bearings

My son is really interested in his compass. We bought him the official Boy Scout model. I’ve tried to show him how it is used it for determining one’s bearing.

In a way, this is not unlike the Bible. Samuel, in his address to the nation, said, “If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the Lord your God” (1 Samuel 12:14). Someone who is going to please God will do so by walking in a direction that agrees with God.

Proverbs 15:19 says, “The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.” In short, you need to stay on the right path. Jesus said, “Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it” (Matthew 7:13-14). Satan will try to pull you away; will you give in? Use the scriptures daily to find your true bearings.

Kyle Campbell