Aware

Are you Aware? Do you know what's going on? Or do you just wander aimlessly focused on yourself and your own desires?

The lyrics to the song "Aware" by Salvador put it so simply.

"Oh it is you in me that I fail to see
Make me aware, make me see
That everything I am is not all about me
So Take my world and turn it around
So that the obvious can finally be found
Make me aware, make me aware "

The bridge to the song puts it even better -

"I have been missing so much
Not recognizing your touch
Acknowledging that you’re the reason
I am even here
I have been missing so much not recognizing your touch
Make me aware, make me aware "

What are you missing? What am I missing? This life is not about our sinful desires. No, it is about working for our creator. We need to take some time to acknowledge that the creator of the universe has sent his Holy Spirit to come and be with us every day.

Awareness comes from spending time with God and focusing on Him throughout the day. When the Holy Spirit tugs on your heart to talk to that person or help out that individual, will you listen? Or will you walk away and just focus on yourself?

Will you become aware?

Steering Wheel

I was thinking as I drove into work this morning about the steering wheel. We can go anywhere we want all we have to do is turn this simple mechanical device and we head in that direction. When I was a teenager we used to love to find icy parking lots or empty wet fields and test the limitations of the steering wheel / tire combination. Yes I am talking about donuts

No, not those donuts


I am talking about donuts you can do by getting up a decent speed and purposely turning the wheel as hard as you can in one direction and slamming on the brake. What a great time we had testing the limitations of this theory.

If we own a car, we own a steering wheel. But who controls the steering wheel of our lives? Do we drive and let Jesus be our passenger, only stepping in when there is an emergency? Do we purposely let our "Cars" spiral out of control so that we can just turn to Jesus to take the wheel?
The problem is that we make a mess and then turn to Jesus to clean it up.

Jesus ain't no janitor

He is supposed to be the driver, not the passenger. If we relinquish control to Him and let him drive our lives, there won't be a mess to clean up.



So....Who has your wheel? Is God really in control or is he merely your passenger? Or even worse, is he just your janitor?
Take your hands off the wheel and let God take control!!