Today we made a business trip to Northern Virginia to meet with clients. I had the privilege of riding in the passenger seat and letting my mind wander a bit. Traffic was heavy and there were a number of large tractor-trailers and other trucks around us. In many places the highway was several lanes wide and the total tonnage of vehicles running along side-by-side was scarily high. I thought about those modest white painted lines that separated us from the elephant-like vehicles around us and I realized that I rarely have concerns about colliding with them, even though we often were separated by only several feet. That's because all of us have accepted the discipline of the lanes. (Of course some drivers abuse their positions and either drive too fast or slow and can cause major congestion problems or trigger high accident risk). Imagine if there were no lanes at all! (Or take a taxi ride in Naples Italy for a real-life taste). The discipline of the lanes permits many to travel at high speed in a fairly narrow corridor. In a spiritual sense, the discipline of yielding our will to the Lord can help us avoid other kinds of "life elephants" and travel with efficiency and effectiveness in the narrow corridor of our days.
1 Samuel 6:12(a) Then the cows headed straight for the road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or the left.
blessings (you may have to moo--ve over sometimes),
Rob Smith
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