Another analogy to think about.
Remember when you were young and your parents let you sit in their lap and drive the car down the road. Who was driving the car / who was really in control / who was responsible for the car? What if this taught children that they were independent enough to drive a car on their own. It would be disastrous!
When we begin to think that we are in control, and our skills are the main source of our doing good works, breathing, making money, or sharing Christ; that is when we could "go get in the car and drive it ourselves". That is dangerous.
We are not driving. So make sure you pray and ask God to keep the car on the road in all things. Acknowledging that he is really in control makes driving so much safer.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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This is something that I was actually praying about today during my #summitprayer. It was something that I think we all should make sure we pray about daily.
2nd Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
I think this verse applies b/c if we are not in control, which we never are, we are WEAK.
Brody used to use a similar analogy one summer at Snowbird. He showed a video clip of him driving his son Tucker around on his bike. Brody would grip the handle bar and seat, while Tucker sat on the bike and he would push him around the skate park at Snowbird. Brody would hold the bike and take it up the half pipe and off ramps, and Tucker, who was like 3, absolutely loved it. He would talk about how it only worked if Tucker wasn't fighting for control of the bike or slouching down and sliding off the seat. It was a cool analogy sort of demonstrating that mysterious balance between God's sovereignty and our personal responsibility for obedience. We need to put ourselves in position to allow God to move us and do great things with our lives. Practicing the spiritual disciplines helps us to do that.
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