Last
night I was walking down to the school building to go to supper, and
get a few of my things that I had left on the bus from our filming
trip. As I went to grab my sleeping bag I noticed that Craig, our
music director, was on his way back home. He had all of his things
that he had taken on the trip loaded up in his hands while one of his
hands was starting his motor bike and he was trying to convince his
little boy Andrew( I think that he is about 8 or 9) to hop on the
back.
“Daddy,
are you joking me?” He whined, “there is no way I am getting on
that thing!”
“Come
on Punkin, don't worry about it! It's going to be fine,” Craig
began, “it'll be fine!”
“Are
you sure Dad?”
“Yes!
I'm completely positive, would you rather ride in front of me?”
As
he continued to persuade little Andrew, I kept on watching. It took
quite a while but after a few minutes, with the motor bike running,
and Craig continuing to reassure the boy that all would be fine, he
finally listened and they took off headed for home.
I
was just thinking that I can be a little like Andrew sometimes, a lot
of the time in my Christian walk. I see a mess, a big scary mess of a
loaded up motor bike.
“Are
you joking me Dad? I am not going to get on that thing! What if it
breaks? What if we die? Can't you see what you are asking me to do is
completely insane?”
But
it doesn't end here with me being left in the dust walking up the
long hill back home by myself. God, like Craig, continues to persuade
me in the right direction.
“Come
on honey, it'll be fine! Trust me! Would you rather ride on the
front? Would that be better? You have a helmet on, and I am not going
to do anything to hurt you. I promise.”
“A
man’s heart plans his way,
but the Lord directs his steps.”
Proverbs 16:9
The
Lord is longing to plan your steps for you. He wants you to get
yourself up on that motor bike with Him, trusting Him to figure your
life out for you. I know that it's hard, and I'm not saying that it
will get any easier. But the truth is that God is in control. We just
have to keep trusting Him.
“Trust
in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own
understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct
your paths.”
Proverbs 3:5,6
