Mistaken Identity

What a tragedy this past week. A couple murdered, several other officers killed, people shot and injured, and a man who committed these horrific acts of violence. Circumstances put him over the edge which resulted in so much pain, suffering and fear for so many.  This mother and daughter that were shot while in a truck matching the description of the vehicle the police were looking for, suffered from a case of “mistaken identity”.

I thought of two instances where this happens from a scriptural standpoint. The first instance of “mistaken identity” is that people would have no clue that we have a

Which way do I go?

 

A little while ago, my wife and I took our granddaughter to an aquarium in San Diego.  When we first entered the aquarium, there was a huge tank with hundreds of the same kind of fish and they were all swimming, but going in two different directions. Some were swimming clockwise and others were going counterclockwise. As I watched, some actually changed direction and it seemed they were unsure of which way they should be swimming.

Are we at times unsure of which way we should be going?  Are we easily led astray by