“No temptation has seized you that isn’t common for people. But God is faithful. He won’t all you to be tempted beyond your abilities. Instead with the temptation, God will also supply a way out so that you will be able to endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13

Have you ever spent time in a corn maze?  Over the years I have found my way into a few and managed to find my way out.  Entering in, you realize just how tall corn can grow (under the right conditions over 8 feet tall).  And within a few steps you lose all sense of direction of where you are, or which way to turn.  I mean it seemingly gets dark and as you look around everything looks the same.  You ask, “have I been here before?”, you run into roadblocks and before long you ask the question, :am I ever going to find my way out?”.

Several years back, I had an experience with my wife and a few friends.  This particular maze was touted as being the “mid-west’s” largest maze.  We’d been in there a while maybe 15 or 20 minutes, when I heard a young voice ask, “grandpa, how do you know this is the right way?”, the grandfather’s response, “There is always a way out, you just have to look up.”.

In those words, I not only found the key to getting out of the maze, but I also found wisdom by which we can live life.  You see, when life become difficult, when we find ourselves drawn by the world to think, say or do of this world, we simply need to look up and God will as Paul says, “supply you with a way out”.  And that day as I looked up I spotted the very top of a very tall tree I had noticed near the exit sign. 

Sure enough, as I looked up, I was able to find my way out of the maze and out of the temptations that I face every day. 

Prayer:  Lord God, you are a light that shines brightly in this world that can be dark and confusing.  Thank you for your presence in my life and as I walk through this day, help me, remind me to look up, guiding me away from the temptations of this world.  Amen