It was on the Thursday of our Journey and our assignment was to take a one-hour walk to commune with God. I left out with my map showing the path I was to take. After starting off good and showing some of the other guys the way to get on the right trail, I came across a shortcut and decided to take it. That was a big mistake – I ended up lost for four hours.
I came to Sucker Lake, and, according to the map, this was way off my trail. It this point all I could do was to cry out to God 
for help and direction. The Lord then allowed the sun to come out and that gave me the help I needed to head in the right direction.
As I came across the right path, God gave me the analogy of how the last few hours related to my spiritual walk. Just as I had started out strong on the Journey walk, my own spiritual walk had started out strong nine years ago. I even discipled other young people on their walk with the Lord.
However, I strayed off the right path over the last several years letting the things of the world stray me and make me ineffective for the Lord. I came to the point where I felt hopeless and useless for the Lord. I fell on my knees before God and cried out to Him to use me in any way He should choose – I was open to anything He had for me. It turned out that God’s plan for me was to go on a Journey to the Heart in May.
The Lord used that Journey to refine my walk with Him. And, as I walked down the correct path back to the lodge, I thought of how important it was to continually check my map and make sure that I didn’t stray onto any wrong side-paths. Likewise, I reflected that the only way that I could walk through life in a way pleasing to God and usable to God would be to continually consult His “map” – the reading, memorizing, and meditating on His Word.
I have learned that there was only one “right path” that would take me back to the Lodge that Thursday afternoon. All others would lead me further from my destination. I have also learned that there is only one 
right path that will lead me to what God has for my life. All other paths will lead to destruction.
~ Oscar
May 2009 Guys Journey
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June 9th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
Thanks for a great testimony Oscar! God Bless!
June 10th, 2009 at 4:16 am
Oscar,
It is exciting to me to see you continuing to grow in God’s marvelous grace. Thank you for sharing this with me. I pray that God will allow our paths to cross in the future.
Pastor John
September 1st, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Thanks Oscar, for such a great revelation. God always wants to bless us with revelation which in turn will bring manifestation, bringing to Himself the glory due to His name. The Bible our map, thanks for the comparison. A church billboard once read “Lost? Try G.P.S. (God’s Plan of Salvation). Acts 2:38″
It is true!
God Bless you Oscar!
October 13th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Oscar, my brother,
I’m so happy to have been able to have been your roommate on this Journey and see your this testimony as it happened. I’m praising the Lord for allowing me and you to have crossed paths for this short time. Your testimony is still a blessing for me and I know and pray that you continue to grow in the Lord. Blessings, brother, and I hope our paths will cross again someday!