One expensive lesson
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything…and heck…I’m
not even sure anyone reads this anymore.
It’s not that my mind has been silent, it’s just that the things that
have been ruminating in my mind, were things that were personal issues God was
dealing with. And then today hit, and
for the first time in a long time, I felt the urge from Him to share it….that
this message He had for me may also be for some unknown reader out there.
It all began while my car was hungrily guzzling fuel that I
decided to walk around my vehicle to just simply look it over. And then I noticed it. A tear on the edge of a tire. Now I’ve known that new tires were needed,
but I was trying to put it off a little longer since my car just had some work
done on it. But I could not
procrastinate any longer. I drove
straight from the gas station to a tire store instead of heading to
church. An hour and a half later, four
new tires and more money out of my wallet and I was finally on the road to the
2nd service at church.
While driving home after church, I started to think about
the maintenance my car has needed. I’ve
kept up on regular oil changes, rotating tires, etc., but sometimes there is
one minor thing with it that will alter the plans I had for the day (like a new
oil pan, new tires, new headlight). And
then I began to think about my walk with God in relationship to the maintenance
on my vehicle.
I wake up each morning and have my quiet time where I read
His Word, journal if prompted, and pray.
But lately it has seemed more routine….that I just simply get up and go
through the motions. These actions are
the like the regular maintenance services for my car. It’s all beneficial and helps keep things
running smoothly. But then, just like
this morning with getting new tires, something small may happen in my life, a
speedbump or a small prick of the heart from God, which signals that somewhere
my heart needs some deeper work.
My regular routine isn’t bad. However, it is not as beneficial if I am just
going through the motions. When did I
lose that passion for His Word? When did
I treat it all as a check-off list? When
did I stop relying upon Him and start relying upon my own strength? My heart needs some maintenance. I need His power to come in and change what
isn’t working. I need fresh vision, a
renewed hope in His goodness, and maybe a new set of eyes to see things the way
He sees them.
So, just as my car has received some deep work and a new set
of wheels, my heart and life needs the same.
What an expensive lesson to learn this morning…all because I needed new
tires.
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