Jesus, Take the Wheel
This evening I got into my car for a quick run to the supermarket. Pressed the start button , or so I believed, and spent the next thirty seconds locked in a battle with my car. Something was immediately off as the steering wheel felt very stiff and wouldn’t budge. I pressed the accelerator with the impatience of a man who has places to be. Nothing. The car screeched loudly but did not move.
I sighed, gave up, and rest my head against the wheel, frustrated that the engine was faulty and I would have to call my mechanic Mr Musibau who probably has my name saved as “God sent” on his phone— and that's when my eyes drifted to the gearbox.
Park. The car was still in park?! Ugh
It had never properly started. There was nothing wrong with the engine. The only malfunction in that vehicle was me I guess.
I laughed at myself for a good moment, shifted to drive, and rolled off to buy my groceries.
The lesson of this seemingly trivial event followed me down the road….
You cannot steer a parked car. No matter how hard you try.
I say "Jesus, take the wheel" a lot. Sometimes as a joke, other times because I'm genuinely overwhelmed by the size of an idea living rent-free in my head. I'm a dreamer, and the beautiful thing about dreaming your way through the world is that you see possibilities clearly in your mind long before they collide with reality. The trouble is that the magnitude of what you see can overwhelm you so completely that you never begin.
So you sit still, thinking about direction, timing, the perfect plan, the right path, the myth clarity at the very beginning
Meanwhile, the car is still in park.
Physics explains that an object at rest stays at rest. And I suspect much of life obeys the same principle. We wait endlessly to know which direction to go before we move, without realizing that moving is the very thing that reveals direction. Once the car is in motion, you can steer. Turn left. Turn right. Slow down. Reverse. You can even turn around completely and take another road altogether.
But none of those choices are available to you while parked.
I know that starting is hard. Beginning anything new and the discovery of what we are truly capable of, comes with a resistance that feels almost physical, like the world itself is testing whether you mean it.
And I say this as someone who struggles so much with this. Maybe that’s why this small debacle in my car today feels so deeply meaningful to me because I'm at an inflection point in my own life. I'm trying to start something new, and I've suffered so much in my head, procrastinating, polishing and perfecting a thing that doesn’t exist in the world yet. So I’m gonna start today (for real this time) and find out where it leads.
Lumi says as we walk, the way appears.
And even Jesus, I suspect, would rather take the wheel of a moving car.
So, my friend, this is your sign. Stop suffering in your thoughts and start the car.
Jesus loves a moving car. Only then does he take the wheel and steer it towards the depths of your calling. So get out of your own head, and out of his way.
A moving surely meets his own luck someday.
This October God is saying to you; "let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me."
A second, a minute, an hour is enough for God to turn things around.
Let not your heart be troubled just because the year is left with 2 months to go without any reasonable achievement to point out.
Two months is too length for God to change things drastically. Keep believing.
Happy new month, y'all.
Paul said in Philippians 4, “Be anxious for nothing.” We cannot be anxious over uncertainty about the future, anxious about the economy, anxious over this medical report, over the trouble at work. He goes on to tell us, “But in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be known to God.”
ANNOUNCEMENT: IF YOUR NAME IS NOT FOUND IN THE LAMBS BOOK OF LIFE, YOU'RE CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE. THERE IS SALVATION IN JESUS CHRIST. DON'T DIE IN YOUR SINS. COME TO CHRIST TODAY!!!
•Homosexuality is sin, not love
•Transgenderism is deceit, not truth
•Abortion is murder, not medicine
•The Bible is truth, not myth
•Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven, not your good works
I was once an atheist. I doubted God and searched for truth on my own. But by the grace of God, I came to know the truth: Jesus Christ is Lord. Today, I belong to Him, and I will proclaim His name for the rest of my life.
Amen.
Focus more on your spiritual life, less on material things. For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain that when we die we can carry nothing out. (Ecclesiastes 5:15)
God has never failed you in the past, and He’s not going to start now. All that worry is doing is causing you to be uptight, not sleep well, run your immune system down. It’s time to serve worry an eviction notice. Let peace in. Let trust in. Let faith in.
Have they heard of Jesus Christ. He died and rose again, while He was dead, He went into hades and collected the key of death. He rose after 3 days. The power of His resurrection can heal and raise any dying person. It starts with accepting Jesus as his Lord and Savior. Surest bet
Whatever issue you're going through, please know suicide is not your best option
If you don't think about yourself, think about your family, your loved ones
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