Before I retired, I drove thousands of miles each year. One of the ways I was able to drive those many miles was putting my car on cruise control. Even when I had a manual shift car, I had cruise control so that when I was driving interstates I could let my legs relax. But you still needed to be on attention for those going more slowly so you could hit the brake and take off the cruise control.
When we bought our current car we found it has ADAPTIVE cruise control. What that means is that when you come up behind a slower car, the cruise control adapts and slows down to the same speed. And when you pull out to pass, it resumes to the speed where you had it set. But this cruise control is insidious. If the car in front is only going 1 or 2 mph slower, you don't realize you have slowed down. And if that car loses speed slowly, suddenly you find yourself going 5-10 mph slower than where you set the speed.
I wonder how often we set our spiritual life on cruise control. We keep on doing the same things, going along at the same speed, and then start slowing down, but we don't realize it because the cruise control adapted to the slower pace in our faith. We need to, every so often, kick off the cruise control and do something different in our faith life. Maybe it's reading a new book. Maybe it's going to a seminar. Maybe it's going on a retreat.
God wants us to keep expanding our faith and turning off the cruise control every so often is a way in which we can increase our love and fellowship with our God. Isn't it time for you to turn off your cruise control?
++Richard
When we bought our current car we found it has ADAPTIVE cruise control. What that means is that when you come up behind a slower car, the cruise control adapts and slows down to the same speed. And when you pull out to pass, it resumes to the speed where you had it set. But this cruise control is insidious. If the car in front is only going 1 or 2 mph slower, you don't realize you have slowed down. And if that car loses speed slowly, suddenly you find yourself going 5-10 mph slower than where you set the speed.
I wonder how often we set our spiritual life on cruise control. We keep on doing the same things, going along at the same speed, and then start slowing down, but we don't realize it because the cruise control adapted to the slower pace in our faith. We need to, every so often, kick off the cruise control and do something different in our faith life. Maybe it's reading a new book. Maybe it's going to a seminar. Maybe it's going on a retreat.
God wants us to keep expanding our faith and turning off the cruise control every so often is a way in which we can increase our love and fellowship with our God. Isn't it time for you to turn off your cruise control?
++Richard
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