I know my last post I mentioned that my next post would be about the greatest thing or event that has ever taken place in my life. Since I have posted, I have honestly been at a loss for words! I believe that eventually I will write about that, but today I am going to write about swapping seats.
When my kids were younger, they would always fight over who was going to sit in the front seat of the car. One would call out “shot-gun” and they both would dash to see if which one could actually get in the seat first. I don’t know what makes sitting in the front seat so special, but this was often an issue that needed resolving before we would go anywhere.
Our society is much the same way. We always put so much emphasis on getting the “best seat in the house”. This is true whether we are going to a ball game, movie, play, etc. We always want to be sure that we get the best seat, front and center, and have the best view of what is going on.
This is also true of us in our spiritual nature as well. Often times we want to the “driver’s seat” and control in our own lives. I have been guilty of this so many times. We take the seat and navigate where “we” want to go. However, God may have other plans for our lives. As we are trying to hold on and control our lives, sometimes there are things that happen that are simply out of our control. These events are happen without us ever being able to predict or imagine them. During those times, we then know that we are not in control, but God is in control of our lives.
Today when I was driving back from a lunch meeting, I took the back roads. As I was enjoying the warmth of the sunshine and the scenery on a country road, I noticed an old church at the side of the road. I love to read church signs and living in the South there are certainly many of those around! Their church sign read: “If God is your co-pilot: Switch Seats!”
I remember those bumper stickers a few years back, but when I absorbed what the sign said, it made total sense! So many times we put God as the co-pilot in our life as we are trying to find our way through. We need to switch seats! God is the pilot of our lives, and not just the co-pilot! He is in control!
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10
1 comment:
I too remember fighting over the front seat! Then mom would tell us who ever rode in the front going had to ride in the back going back. We made such a big deal over it.
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