Driving Your Life

Imagine that you just purchased a new Maserati..  I’m sure there would be boundaries as to where you would drive it….and where you wouldn’t.  You may even have stipulations as to who would drive it and who wouldn’t. You may even have rules as to who would ride in your new car. You would want to protect that investment that you worked so hard to attain.  Driving a car along a highway, is not so different than leading a life.  

Consider this scenario:

So, we’re driving through life each day in our new Maserati.  As we go along, many people cross our paths. When that happens, we have a choice….and so do they.  T.S. Eliot once said, “In a minute there is time for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.” 

It’s the same concept with people.  We are driving our life.

Question 1:  Who will we allow around our car, in our car, and who will we allow to drive that new car while we are driving around, in our life?  

Question 1 Echoed:  Who will we allow around our life, in our life, and who will we allow to drive our new life while we are driving around, in our life?

Get the picture?

Folks, have you ever invited friends or family to come on vacation with you?  Has any of them ever responded by, “Sure, we’ll come with you!”  Did you feel pleased when you looked in your rear-view mirror when you saw that small caravan behind you on the highway and noticed the group of people following you, supporting your plans?  These are the people along life’s highway who help drive your life.

Unfortunately, not everyone responds that way.  There are those people who will respond by saying something like, “That idea is ridiculous!  Don’t expect me to come along.”  Friends, beware of these types of statements.  People behind these statements are the ones along life’s highway who usually don’t only NOT need to be in the driver’s seat anywhere near your life, but they do not even need a seat in one of the cars.  These need to be left at home to mature a bit more as you pray for them with love and patience.

Then you have the types of people who just wander in to say, “Hey, I hear there’s a vacation.  Can I tag along?”  They aren’t really caring about your plans, or the trip, or the why of the thing…they’re just in it for the “What’s in it for me?” idea (and the free food).  They will get into a car with their rumpled clothes and a plastic bag with one outfit and floppy shoes with no socks, and no money to pitch in, expecting someone else to pay their way.  These types of people can’t drive their own cars because they have no drive at all of their own, so their only hope is to hop on someone elses caravan and go along for a free ride.  These folks need help, yes.  They need prayer, indeed.  They need structure, discipline, and lots of love.  But, enabling them won’t help them.  This situation needs to be assessed on a case by case basis.  I suggest you talk to God to ask for guidance with how to deal with the “no drivers” of the world.  God will prompt you with what to do.  But remember, sometimes when they get left behind, is when God teaches them the best lessons about “growing up.”

You can’t take everyone with you as you are driving your life. Not everyone is ready to get in the car with you…or get in one of the cars along with you or following you in encouragement and prayer, as you drive along.  

Get serious about who is and who isn’t ready for your life and draw boundaries.  Friends, get serious about YOUR own life.  Drive that thing like you mean business!  Get behind the wheel and pray.  Basically, protect your life, with your life.

Whoever you are reading this…..know that you are loved.

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