How far can you drive a car in reverse?
Pretty far, but it is difficult. Part of the problem is that in reverse, you only have one gear. If you move too fast, you will burn out the transmission and go nowhere at all.
Your car works better in drive. It’s geared that way, with first gear to get moving, second, third and more, so that you can move most efficiently at every speed.
This works in our Christian walk, also.
Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV) sounds very familiar to anyone who’s been in the driver’s seat:
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
No. 1: Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.
This is reverse gear. The past is where we used to be. If we spend all our time and thoughts wanting to be where we once were, we’re going in reverse at full speed, and we’ll soon go nowhere at all.
No. 2: See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
First gear! Then God starts up something new … and we’re in second gear. Then third, a college degree. A new job. A family … and soon we’re cruising in overdrive.
No. 3: I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
This is God cutting us a new highway through situations that we thought we could never get past. Our wilderness is no longer a place for us to wallow, but somewhere that God has raised the speed limit and given us the green light to traverse.
When we live our life in forward gear, the past is in our rearview, and we’re focused on what’s ahead. We live pedal to the medal.
We will come in first place with Christ as our leader and guide.
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