Poem: Stick To The Chart

Stick To The Chart

By  J. Brad Chapman

“Can you see where you’re going?” he called to the bridge.

The fog was as thick as a curtain.

“Can’t see a thing”, came the voice from the helm,

“I’ll stick to the chart, that’s for certain.”

The chart gives directions to steer the ship true

Through dangerous shallows and gaps.

When sight is obscured, visibility gone,

We trust in the use of our maps.

Scriptures, like maps, will show us the way

Through sheer rocky passes and storms.

They guide us safely through tempest and trial

To where it is sheltered and warm.

Like the sure captain, do you stick to the chart

When the course turns foggy and gray?

Or do you despair, when you cannot see,

And murmur and whine in dismay?

God grants us faith when we heed to the chart

To weather the worst of the storms.

And He grants the Spirit as we brace to the wind;

It comforts us, guides us, and warns.

So when sight’s obstructed and you’ve drifted off course

And you can’t see your way through the squall,

Look to the scriptures, the charts of the Lord,

Be bold, show faith and stand tall.

And if ever you ask, “Which way do I go?”

When the course is obscured, dim and gray,

Grip tight to the chart, and sail out in the wind ….

God’s already charted the way.