FACE YOUR TRAFFIC LIGHT

My son is at the age when they learn about traffic lights at school and it always interesting for him to ‘co-pilot' with me when I drive them to school:-). Recently, I remembered an incident that happened, when my daughter was at that age. One day her class teacher saw my husband and wanted to discuss “something important” with him. The ‘something important’ turned out to be a question as to why he beats traffic light. They have been learning about traffic lights in school and my daughter had challenged the teacher that her daddy goes on red. My husband was surprised and understandably embarrassed but told the teacher there must be a mix-up somewhere. 

It was indeed a mix up as it turned out that at a junction on the way home, there were two separate traffic lights, one for those going straight and one for those turning right. The confusion was that she had expected that both lights needs to be green for us to turn right but her daddy usually turned right when the traffic light with arrow pointing right turned green even thou the one going straight was red. I guess the explanation is a bit of mouthful but it was good figuring out what the challenge was and the simple fix was to help her understand that each path had its own traffic light and each driver was to face and mind its own traffic light.

As I remember this incident I had to ask myself, in life am I facing my own traffic light or do I feel the need to follow all traffic lights in front of me. It is always tempting to see what others are doing and feel that is what we should be doing without seeking God’s counsel. With men and women out there doing mighty and amazing things for God, its easy to feel inadequate and get tempted to join the band wagon, even if you have not been called to it. Every one of us has a path which God expects us to follow but we tend to forget that our journeys are different, even though all the paths are equally important to God. We need to trust the Holy Spirit to guide and direct our paths.

No matter how insignificant the world may judge your path, as long as God put you on that path, it very important. This lesson was brought home with the story of “Naaman the Leper”. This slave girl, whose position was so insignificant that her name was not even recorded in the bible, but was able to lead a very top general in Aram to believe in God. She must have been living a life for God and walking her path diligently so that when opportunity came, she achieved her purpose (2Kings15:1-19).  

Are you facing your own traffic light, or are you distracted by what appears most popular and wondering why you are not successful. The Lord will grant us wisdom and guide our paths in Jesus name.

Remain blessed.