“But Jesus would often go away from the crowd to pray in quiet places.” Luke 5:16 EASY
As I watched my dad drive, I would always wonder why he had to always move the steering wheel to keep going in a straight direction even when the road ahead was straight and smooth. One day I asked him and he said, “The road may be straight, but there are small bumps that can veer you off course”. I still didn’t understand and we argued about it. My resolve was that I’d test my hypothesis once I started driving.
Then my time came and I decided to test it. I kept my hands fixed in one position on the steering wheel and pumped the gas. After a few seconds, no one needed to tell me to turn when I realised I was about to join passersby on the sidewalk. It was only then that everything he said made sense.
While some roads are crooked and rough, some are straight and smooth. If the latter has been your kind of road for some years now, it’s possible to believe that there’s no need for you to realign. Your eyes might be blinded from seeing the little bumps that gently take you off course until you end up in the bush after a decade.
The steering wheel is there for a purpose. And it’s always important to ensure you’re still on track. How can you do this? By ensuring you’re not alone. The little bumps on the road could be character flaws you’ve not fixed, bad habits you’ve not evicted, bad behaviours that deprive you, lack of discipline and so on. The longer they stay in your life, the higher the probability of going off course in due time.
Jesus Christ understood his mission and destination but He also had to always service the relationship with his Father so that He stayed on course. Doing the same thing brings the little bumps to light and helps us tackle them early on.
This way, crooked and rough roads become easier to navigate; straight and smooth roads become more enjoyable. It doesn’t matter the leverage you may have received from your parents, environment or community, you also have some realignment to do.
If the goal is to live a life according to God’s will and fulfil your purpose, then as frequently as possible, let’s keep steering. That alignment keeps us on the road.
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