Who has your flashlight?

I've repeated this lesson more times than I care to admit. Sadly knowing myself as well as I do, I am probably not finished with it either. So who has your flashlight?

You're on this road that we call life. It's a journey we all have to travel and a road we all have to walk. Some parts are straight and easy(those yellow brick road days), others remind you of the forest where you don't know what's lurking in the trees(think back to Wizard of OZ and you'll get the picture).

So who's holding your flashlight? Are you missing the pot holes or do you keep falling down? Chances are if it's you holding the flashlight, you are not as focused as you need to be. You may be looking at what's all around you instead of focused on what lies ahead. Looking around you see all of those distractions and then oops, you find yourself flat on your face laying in the road. You missed that rock in the road and you tripped because you were looking around instead of looking ahead. Oops....

New scenario....God's got your flashlight walking right next to you. You are focused on what lies ahead, and you see the rocks in the road so you can walk around them. You don't seem so focused on what's around you, but on where you are going. As long as you follow where He shines the light, no scrapes, no bumps, no bruises.

Faith is not knowing what the next step is, but in knowing who is holding the flashlight. It takes faith to not be in control and to trust that He's not going to let you fall. Trust Him, He hasn't let you fall(or fail yet). Now should you take the flashlight back for a little while(and we all do one time or another...we are human and flesh), rest assured He will be there to help you back up after you fall, put a band-aid on your wounds, and gladly take the flashlight back when your ready. He wrote the story you are walking, so He knows how each chapter begins and ends. Just take each word at a time and enjoy the story, it's yours :-)

Until next time
~Melissa