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Day 41: Keep Your Eyes on the Road



April 25, 2020

 Sometimes when driving down the highway things go splat on the windshield. No big deal. Just turn on the sprayer and wipers and it’s gone in a moment. Unless you’re out of wiper fluid. Then the wipers make the mess worse. At that point you can either focus on the bug guts or the highway ahead. Best to keep your eyes on the road. On the highway of life, bugs are going to hit the windshield. It’s our choice whether we focus on the mess directly in front of us or lift our eyes to look past it to what lies ahead. (It is also not a good idea to spend too much time looking in the rearview mirror... what happened yesterday.)  When something goes wrong in our day or in our life, it’s our choice whether we let it be wiped away quickly (Jesus, please help me handle this. I know you can.) or leave it there in front of us to bake to the windshield and cause us stress, anxiety and unhappiness. Maybe the stressful circumstance or the painful situation won’t immediately be resolved but our thoughts and emotions about it can be better. God can help us change our focus.  Even though we can’t see how things will ever be fixed, if we keep our eyes on the promises of God, we can get through whatever it is with some inner peace and joy until He sees fit to show us where we’re headed. In 2 Samuel 22:3 the Bible says: “I will hide in God, Who is my rock and my refuge. He is my shield and my salvation, My refuge and high tower.” And in 2 Corinthians 4:18: “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” Keep your eyes on the road. Smile and be joyful!


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