Christian Living

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The little child perched on his father’s lap behind the wheel of the big semi. The child pretended to start the engine by turning an imaginary key in the keyless ignition, his tiny voice imitating the sounds of a roaring engine. Straining to look in both side mirrors, he checked for traffic. He stretched as far as he could to get his pointed tiny toes to reach the gas pedal.

Truth is, he was just playing.

When Dad offered to help, the boy became indignant, shouting “Me do it!” at the top of his voice, and then a tantrum followed. Dad backed off and let the child pretend. How ridiculous it would have been for the Dad to say “No I will do it” and have a shouting match and power struggle ensue. This was learning time, play time. Dad was training the boy.

We are in training too We sit in the presence of the Most High God, and holler “Me Do It” as He trains us in righteousness. We turn the imaginary key in the ignition of our lives and think that we can actually drive ourselves anywhere. We think we know where we are going and what we are doing, but truth be told, we are novices on the highway of life.

God, in His graciousness, fills us in on some of the details of the journey as we go, but we are really participants and students in this journey. We are not in control of the engine that drives our vehicle, nor the steering mechanism that guides our path. God is, or at least is supposed to be in control, that is, if we are not too busy struggling to take it from Him!

I am not saying we are mindless captive passengers, but we must acquiesce to the fact that we do not truly have a clue where we are going, or how to get there. And, when our “vehicle of faith” is not running as it should, we must seek skilled repair from the Master Mechanic to make us right again.

Oh yes, God wants us to mature in our faith… to learn … to grow – but this knowledge and maturity will never replace our need for God to be the true driving force in our life.

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