I don’t know if you have ever experienced this before but ever since my son was able to talk, he’s been trying to comment on my driving almost every time he’s strapped in the backseat. As he’s getting older, it gets worse because he notices everything ahead, around me and behind me even from my blindside. “Mom, you need to turn right, there’s a stop sign coming up, you are speeding on the highway…” He can go on for a little while and I’ve learned to ignore him because I noticed myself that I’ve been doing that with God most of the time. He just allows my son to replay it back to me and most likely smiles from Heaven when He sees us in the car.
Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT says:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.”
I know this scripture so well and in all humility, I do my best to surrender to God every day, trusting Him wholeheartedly but do you know I very often behave like the backseat driver? While He is driving to the destination He knows for me, I’m in the backseat commenting;
- “why did we make this detour Jesus?
- “This doesn’t look like what you promised”
- “Do I really have to do this, can’t you find someone else?”
- “How much longer do I need to wait?”
- “The pace is a bit slow don’t you think?”
- “Can this go any faster?”
- “This doesn’t fit my personality but OK?”
- “Am I out of order on this one?”
- “OK, keep quiet Abena and sit still”.
I can go on and on and when I finally catch myself, it dawns on me that letting go and totally surrendering to God is a daily process to overcome and definitely not a one time thing. It is overcoming fears, maturing in faith, dying to self daily and gaining mastery to withstand and receive everything that the journey can bring.
I pray for you this week, that the spirit of God will guide your life daily and give you the grace to trust Him completely to drive you to the destination He has destined for you. It is so and so it is in Jesus’ name. AMEN.
XOXO,
Lady Abena.