The steering wheel

Matthew 16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

As I prayed this morning it was a prayer of thanksgiving. Of the grace and mercy I have been shown; of forgiveness and salvation; of how the realization of these gifts has drawn me to a focused heart that desires a closeness with Him. The realization of a life before Christ, and the life after Christ will pull you to worship. That life before was depraved and full of sin, but that was before; and this is now as a person who desires to hear the words, “well done good and faithful servant.”  I want to be close to the One who delivered me, the One who saved me, the One who gave His life for me, the One who Redeemed me.

Colossians 1:13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. Right there is the gospel of Christ in one sentence. Sin, sacrifice, and forgiveness for a humble repentant heart. This drives me now. It drives me to a place of worship for the act that delivered me from the pit of hell I was headed to. It drives me to a place of desire to know more, to feed on the Word He has given me. It drives me as a breath of life to my lungs every day. It drives me to seek Him when all else seems lost. It drives me to share with you every single day a changed heart; a heart that desires you to have everything I have experienced and all that is available to you too.

My heart is no longer driven by pride, but by humility in the understanding of my life before Him, and how underserving I am, yet of the great love He has for me. I want you to know all this is there for you too. I want you to know that you can have peace in an out of control world that is dying in sin all around you. I want you to know that He can place in your heart an eternal desire that drives you down this road of life headed into eternity with Him. Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. You have all that you need lying just within your grasp. All it takes is a humble repentant heart that desires to know Him and serve Him. Letting go and letting God become the steering wheel of your life will become the path to paradise.