I went to the gym this morning. its 7am. Havent been to the gym that early in a while. Before that i prayed, and listened to worship music. Good start. Gym was well, as i could feel myself get into the sync of things. When i depart, a gaggle of about fifteen middle aged men meet outside to jog. They start on their expedition while i get into my car.
On the way out of the parking lot, i am watching them, as they run in the middle of the road. Not a smart idea. But again, it is 7:30 am, and there is nobody on the highway…
i yield and look for oncoming traffic. I dont see anybody at all to my left, so i make my right turn, to still see these guys hogging up the road. At this point, no problem, because i can just go around them. However, when i start to veer into the other lane, i hear the screeching of tires. I look in the rear view mirror and see this guy on a *scooter* slamming on his breaks and creating a cloud of smoke from his burning tires behind him. A SCOOTER mind you. I swerve out of the way to avoid him from plowing through my back window. he drives passed me and waves. i was startled, and admittingly a little upset that this guy came out of nowhere. everything was fine…thank God.
So many times we get distracted by the world; whose wearing this, whose dating that person, who is drinking and drugging it up, whose running in the other lane. We can have the perfect walk with Jesus, and start out day off just right. We can do this for quite some time. But as soon as we lose distraction of OUR own path, there is bound to be a collision. Im not perfect. Many times in the past, i’d get tangled up in trying to bring people to the Lord, trying to solve people’s problems, trying to be the messiah for my own committee of friends. Furthermore i’d get caught up about whose talking and gossiping about so and so, and whose dating who and what not. But with doing this, we lose sight of our own path, and start to look to a path that is not our own. Yes, keep an eye out for others, but please, take it from me and keep an eye on your path, your walk, and you may be able to avoid collisions.
