No Other Rock

In such an hour as ye think not, the Son of Man cometh. ~ Matthew 24:44

I have bad days. Boy do I have bad days.

I am sure I am not the only one - but I have days where I haven’t been up ten minutes and I can just tell things are going to get ugly as the day progresses. Something goes wrong, I realize I forgot something after I have gotten more than halfway to work, or I realize I forgot to do something the day before as I arrive at work and know that it is just the beginning of the obstacles I will face.

Some days, I will find myself getting increasingly agitated at traffic or - even worse - traffic lights. I find myself not paying enough attention, or rushing or even cutting yellow lights too close when I probably should have stopped. Usually, when that happens, I just go home, park the car and decide not to drive the rest of the day. Its more for other people on the road than myself really.

Its only when I take a break and reflect on that day that I reconsider what was going through my mind. I realize how human I am. I consider what others might have thought of my actions - which is really an issue of insecurity I have endured all my life.

What would Jesus think of those actions?

I know this post may not seem to follow the path documented by the devotion, but it is where God led me. Baxter presents the way in which we experience what he calls seasons when we lose the sense of our Saviour’s presence.

I like to think God is with me always, and I know that He is. But sometimes, I become that dog on the leash who tries his master’s arm by pulling in his own directions and doing whatever he wants despite the Master having a rein and ultimate destination in mind no matter how much he attempts to stray from the path.

Today, my prayer for you and I is that we’ll ask God to rein us in when we start trying to pull in our own directions.