Who’s Driving?

 

I’m sure you get the analogy of a person driving their own car as being an “image” of a non-Christian.

The other seats in the car are empty. They are in complete control. But they are driving aimlessly through life, not really knowing where they are going.

 

They see Jesus by the side of the road and he asks for a lift. They oblige.

After a while, they realize Jesus knows what he is talking about, and knows a lot about the road and where they should be going.

They start to let him navigate. Things go well.

 

Suddenly, they pull down a side road. Jesus asks, “Why are we going down here?”. They are a bit embarrassed to answer, but just claim it’s a small detour they need to make.

Jesus looks a bit uncomfortable, but they continue down that road.

Eventually, feeling guilty for their choice, they head back to the road Jesus suggested.

 

Eventually they realize that Jesus is right. They shouldn’t go down those roads, so they switch seats.

They let Jesus drive the car and they take over the navigation.

Jesus has more control than before, but he still reluctantly takes us on detours when we insist.

 

Soon, we realize Jesus needs to be the driver AND the navigator.

We jump in the back seat.

But even there, we become “back seat drivers” and keep asking Jesus to take us places he doesn’t want to go.

We’re in the back, so Jesus has even more control.

We don’t go down that road so much, but we keep nagging from the back seat.

 

Finally, we realize what we need to do.

 

We get in the trunk and let Jesus have full control.

 

Sick of detours that leave you feeling lost and guilty?

Get in the trunk and give Jesus complete control of your life.