Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.” -Isaiah 30:21
“Follow Me” Jesus Said
How do you follow? I was thinking about this question as I drove through the fog in Houston this week. The thickness of the fog reminded me of another time when I had even more difficulty seeing.
I was taking my first road trip on my own during college. I hadn’t even had my driver’s license a year. I was driving into Dallas on I-35 and it started pouring sheets of rain. I had to drive over a bridge that crossed over a big lake, so at one point, all I could see was water on either side of me and the tail lights of the car in front of me. Being a new driver, I was incredibly tense and focused on the car in front of me. I almost followed the car when it exited even though it wasn’t my exit.
I remember reflecting on that experience a couple of hours later when I was safely ensconced in the house of my friends. I wondered what would happen if I followed Christ like that—if I turned when He turned and moved when He moved.
I confess that while I was able to follow that car well, my following of Christ doesn’t always look like that. I am easily distracted. Fortunately, there is grace. God loves me the way I am and too much to leave me there. Isn’t it wonderful how His Spirit can move in us and take a simple thing like fog to serve as a reminder? So I ask again, how are you following?