So this afternoon I was driving, over to the local wendys to get lunch for me and my dad, as he prepared for small group later tonight. I have had alot wieghing on my mind the past two days just to set the scene for you. As I was pullling into the shopping center I saw this young asian man driving a minivan and waiting at the light to turn out of the shopping center. Ordinarly this wouldn't catch my eye but it was what this man was doing while he was sitting behind the wheel. This man while sitting at the red light had reached behind him and grabed a guitar from the backseat and proceeded to play rather vigorously while sitting behind the wheel. I mean this dude was jammin eyes closed, head baging and strumming. If the light had changed he would hav never seen it. I just thought man this guy is distracted, he should really be focusing.
Now this is where God slapped me in the face big and hard. So last night I had just been talking with a friend about maintaining focus in the time that lay just before me. So God gave me this young asian man in a car to give me just a beautiful, illistruation of what I was doing in my own life. I also dare to say that I don't just do this in my life but I believe we all do it in our live. I'm going to use alot of metaphores here so I hope you stay with me. So in this metaphor we are the asian man we are sitting in the car waiting to get to our destination or a goal or somthing we are hoping to accomplish a "point B". So we have wanted to get to this piont B since we can remeber but as we are going we notice something else in the car that has caught our attention. It may be a guitar, another person, somthing on the radio or just niose a DISTACTION Then we slowly get more focused on this distraction that if we are the asian guy we loos sight of the light the thing that brings about change, that allows us to make it to "point B" I would like to relate this light as God in our christian walk we should always be seeking to get deeper to grow in our realationship to got to "piont B". However sometimes when he is trying to grow us in patience while sitting at a red light and we say oh while i'm sitting here instead of focusing on what God wants me to focus on like ourselves, you know what I will focus on this other thing this guitar sitting in the car and jam out.SORRY You are mistaken keep your focus. So here is my challenge it has a couple parts. 1st What is your "piont B" currently in you christian walk, 2nd what is the red light what is God trying to grow, change or transform in your life. 3rd What is your distraction what is your guitar in your car. Tough questions, but I challenge and encourage you to take this personal analysis. I have done this, I will be honest I have a whole lot going on in my car. I really need to put the guitar back in the backseat, turn the music and realize where I'm really trying to go.
