Open the trunk
Psalm 31:3 For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name’s sake, Lead me and guide me.
I saw a post this morning on FB, “Is God your steering wheel or your spare tire?” That is a great analogy, on what is He to us? Do you spend enough time with Him to say that he steers your life, or do you just go to him in times of trouble for help? Is God so small in your life that he is reduced to the likeness of a mini-spare? Just a temporary fix to get where you are going, and then thrown back in the trunk until another emergency comes up again? Spare tires are for emergencies only, they utilized only to get you out of a bad situation and on to a point in your journey that they are set aside for the next bad situation. We can all let God spend too much time in the trunks of our lives.
Psalm 31 is written by David, and it is a Psalm of thanksgiving for being a child of God. He is pouring our his heart to God in a lament over the trouble in his life. He is weary from all the people in pursuit of him after his life. But buried in this Psalm of the weariness of David is the beauty of one who trusts God. Buried in there is a heart that knows all of his life is under God’s control, Psalm 31:15a My times are in Your hand. David trust and longs for God; he puts his entire life in God’s hands. He was known as having a heart for God, even in all his failures he exemplified a repentant heart that continually sought God. Psalm 84:2 My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. David’s life story, one of blessings, adultery, murder, and repentance, shows us the power of God’s grace and mercy upon us. David showed us that God knows the heart, and God loves the repentant heart that sees it’s sin, and desires to repent of that sin, and draw closer to God in dependance on him.
How do you let God be your steering wheel? How could you possibly know from God which way to turn in your life? How could you know whether to turn to the right, or the left, or to continue on the same path you are on? Matthew 6:33 Seek Ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. It is that simple; seek God every single day in His Word and prayer. Spending daily time with God will allow you to clearly hear God’s voice and discern the direction he wants you to go in your life. God is around you every day, but Satan through your attention to the world has numbed your senses to God. Satan has filled your mind with the white noise of this world, and only daily time in the Bible and prayer will filter out that noise so that you can hear the One who desires to tell you which direction to turn.
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