Driving it Straight
I went to the driving range yesterday to hit a few golf balls. Of course the purpose of hitting the ball is to hit straight, and a little distance doesn’t hurt either. Since I don’t play golf very often the ball did not go straight very often, and when it did it did not go long all that often. It made me think of my walk with Christ. When I don’t spend enough time talking to God, and getting to know him through His Word I am not able to walk the straight path of His will for me life, and when I do, I can’t do it for very long. Every now and then when I am at the driving range I will hit the perfect ball, that one that makes you realize what a little practice would do for you. The one that makes you think…What would happen if I spent more time doing this? When I begin to think about my spiritual life and my walk with God I once again can’t help but notice a comparison. When I am not spending enough time with God every now and then it seems I will get a glimpse of what it would look like to walk and talk with Jesus every day, but because I am doing so much in my own strength I am never able to sustain walking that path for very long. Yet when I am spending time with God, getting to know Him more and more through prayer and His Word, I am able to walk that straight path more consistently, and for much longer periods of time. Not by my strength, but by the filling of Holy Spirit in my life. As I am on this journey of trying to walk and talk with Jesus every day there have been some times when I have been more like the guy who goes out to the golfing range and tries to hit the ball long and straight with no practice, and then gets frustrated about it. Then there have been times when walking by faith each and every day have been natural, and almost easy. Those are the times where I am consistently spending time with God. Walking and talking with God isn’t always easy, but if we spend a little time with Him, and let him coach us each every day we will find ourselves less frustrated, and hitting the ball longer and straighter more consistently every day.