Living by faith, driving at night
Sep 08
A couple of weeks ago, there was a great post on BuzzFeed with thirty quotes about writing from famous authors. Lots of good thoughts, but one stood out to me, because I felt like it was true for more than just writing-
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. -E.L. Doctorow
( Did you sigh a little?)
How many times have you heard someone gripe about God, “I just wish He’d show me the plans. I wish He’d let me know what He’s up to.” It’s a common complaint. We believe in God, and we trust God, but we just need to know.
The comedian Louis C.K. has a great bit about how we live in an age where you never have to not know anything. If you don’t know something, just Google it. And then you know.
Isn’t that great?
Unfortunately, God doesn’t make His blueprints available on Google.
It’s been my experience that He makes His will known, but not all at once. It usually comes little by little.
Like driving a car at night.
I’ll feel like God is telling me to take a risky step. It may just be one step,but it is a doozy. And before I take it, I want to know what the surface under my feet will be, and when the next step will happen, and who will be there to support me. But none of that information is made available.
I get one step.
And after that, one more. And then another.
Only one at a time.
But you can make the whole trip that way.
Amen!
I live my life on faith, knowing God won’t ask me to take a step without first making it safe for me to take. When you do as He asks without question, you are truly blessed.
Ed
SIGH.
Ravi Zacharias once made me think differently about a verse I’ve heard since I was a kid. He said got doesn’t give us a bright spotlight to go through life but rather a lamp at our feet. We’re guided through each next step but not the entire path ahead.
I agree and add the journey begins with the first step of faith. He provides the path and just asks us to use our faith to follow it.
That’s good stuff, Clay.
Great analogy, Jared. I like what Clay mentioned here too – I never thought of the “lamp unto my feet” verse like that before. Thanks!
I don’t know what you guys are talking about, Pete Townsend and I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles