He Is The Forever We Want..Promise #3

2 Corinthians 18 (KJV) says, "While we look not at the things which are
seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen
are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."

This scripture kind of reminds me of what my Driver Education teacher used
to tell us when we first started driving. He told us to always look out
over the steering wheel toward the horizon. We were never to stare at the
road just ahead of the car. He said that our eyes and peripheral vision
actually saw what was right in front of us and our reflexes would tend to
those things. It was what was happening ahead that would require our
attention. Things can start happening ahead of your car such as other
vehicles entering the road, a vehicle ahead of you starts to have trouble,
an animal or person running into the road, that can have a critical impact
on you and your car as your car moves forward. It could even cost you your
life. You must judge distance and speed and almost instantaneously adjust
your course to avoid trouble. Life is much the same. We know what is
happening any given day in our own environment and we tend to each days
problems and circumstances almost without thinking how or why. But we must
be aware of where we are going. My "car" through this life is the Holy
Spirit and the angels sent to watch over me. I must be aware of who I am in
Christ and that He and He alone is the solution to my every problem. There
are times in life when our circumstances put us up against a brick wall.
Ever been there? You become so immersed in a problem that you cannot see a
way out or a solution. That is when the enemy comes in and gets you to
thinking how you can create "quick fixes". These are the times that you
must put your hands firmly on your steering wheel (the Holy Spirit) and ask
Him to download the information that will steer you through this problem.
He and He alone will be my course through my trial. Take your eye off this
road and let go of the wheel for even one second and give heed to the
instruction and suggestion of the enemy and you will surely crash. And some
of these "quick fix" routes can have not only long term but eternal
consequences. If you are truly keeping your eyes on the road ahead, you
will see when you are heading toward even more danger and beyond that being
lost for eternity. Don't ever keep your eyes on your problems no matter how
bad they are. Switch on your cruise control and take control with the Word
of God, and hold on tight to your wheel and you will find that not only do
you make it through your difficult times, but you will steer to an eternal
life of rest and peace through Christ Jesus both for now and forever, and He
is the forever we want...Patti