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I have a friend out here in the Southwest who told me the secret to making it through the traffic lights in the city before they turn yellow.
She has learned to concentrate on the crosswalk signs. Here in the city, those crosswalk signs count down to zero. When the red number gets to three and she is almost at the intersection, she speeds up to make it through before the yellow light.
While seeing this demonstrated in an evening outing with her, I laughed as I rode shotgun, dubbing her technique “driving by number.”
I have since put her technique into practice and can proudly say that it really works! I would have never thought to look there had she not mentioned this secret to me.
Let’s universalize this lesson for a minute and apply it to our faith: Where we focus our energies will determine whether we sail through a litany of obstacles in our lives or get bogged down with delay after delay toward our future destination.
I know I can get tunnel vision on the road of my journey and completely not see the solution, because all I am focusing on our those traffic lights that are hindering my progress. If I could just avert my eyes to the solution—Jesus, or in our previous illustration, those crosswalks— then I would have a smoother ride.
Won’t you pray with me?
God, please take my blinders off so that I can see You in front of me at each intersection of my life. Let me be fully aware of Your signals along the way, beckoning me forward. And, God, if I need to ‘gun it’ to get through to the other side in Your timing, make me sensitive to that leading so that I don’t delay. Let me always see my life from Your perspective so that we can road trip through life together at the right speed. Help me to look beyond my circumstances to Your solutions.
In Jesus Christ’s name,
Amen.
— Laura J. Bagby
I have been thinking a lot about Old Testament Abraham and his original call from God when he was called Abram. It’s written done in the book of Genesis chapter 12.
“The LORD had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you” (Genesis 12:1, NIV).
What follows is God’s famous promise to make Abraham into a great nation: what many biblical scholars refer to as the Abrahamic covenant.
Abraham’s response is simple: “So Abram left, as the LORD had told him . . . ” (Genesis 12:4, NIV).
When we read this Scripture passage, we can quickly forget that God left out a lot of details about Abram’s transition– that is, until we are facing our own call to a new land. Read the rest of this entry »
My residential street has once again been bustling with activity as a legion of Mac trucks filled with asphalt gets ready to pour on that final, smooth layer on roads that have been ripped up and in disrepair for weeks.
While I have appreciated efforts to resurface pot-holed roads in my neighborhood as part of a city beautification program, the inconvenience of driving on rough roads, dealing with the unpredictable and noisy city crew, and being unable to even get out of my own driveway has really been getting to me. Read the rest of this entry »
