Are we asleep at the wheel?
Growing up we used to go to Paoli Peaks every year to go skiing. I love skiing. You get this rush from going fast down the hill. We always skied during the day growing up. But, they have the all night skiing deal. They keep the slopes open all night. It is less expensive and you don’t have to stay at a hotel. Perfect for a college kid.
When I was at Lipscomb each year the student government organized a group to go to the all night ski. We would leave Friday around 5:00. Get up to Paoli. The all night skiing period opens at 10:00 and you still till 5 or 6 in the morning (Can’t remember). Then you would drive back to Nashville and be back by 10 or 11 o’clock. I worked at Dillards at the time and would then be back in time to go to work at 1:00. (That was a long day).
We all met and I offered to drive my car. So I had my car full and we headed up. Had a great time.
Then it was time to head back to Nashville. I was really tired. When we got to Louisville everyone in my car was asleep. I was really tired.
As I was driving I heard someone honk their horn at me. I had accidently fallen asleep for just about 1 or 2 seconds and had changed lanes and other car had to change lanes. That is what woke me up. I was awake the rest of the trip without a single issue. I had plenty of time to think about what could have happened which kept waking me up more and more.
I was asleep at the wheel. So the question is am I asleep at the wheel of our lives? Are you asleep at the wheel of your life? Is our Church asleep at the wheel?
Are coasting through life just cruising asleep at the wheel; not noticing what God has placed in front of us for us to see? Also, me asleep at the wheel put my whole car in jeopardy. What you do or don’t do doesn’t just effect you it effects everyone around you to the fullest extent.
How easy is it just to put the car in cruise and just take our eyes of the road? Taking our eyes off the goal. It takes a lot of energy to get ourselves moving and focus staying awake at the wheel. There is a scientific concept that objects in motion stay in motion unless obstructed by the force of something else. What is that "obstruction" that keeps you from moving?
What did it take to wake me up so that I wasn’t asleep at the wheel? Someone honked at me to let me know I was asleep at the wheel.
The one who blew the horn at me could have saved me and all those in the car with me by letting me know that I was asleep at the wheel. Can you think of anyone that is asleep at the wheel? Maybe it is someone here at Church, maybe it is a co-worker, maybe it is someone in your family? Do you need to try to wake them up so that they aren’t asleep at the wheel anymore?
When the guy blew his horn could I have ignored it? Maybe I didn’t understand the definite injury or death I would have if I stayed asleep at the wheel. In life it might take years of blowing our horns to wake up some that are asleep at the wheel?
But, the main piece is that I was on the road. Are you on the road of Christianity? I won’t lie the road is full of pot holes and hard times will come, but the view is magnificent. The road leads to our eternal reward. The finish line is said to be unimaginable. Of course, I am talking about heaven. The only way to get to the finish is to get on the road. Have you been baptized and are traveling down that road? Or do you need to be baptized to enter the road on your way to the ultimate finish line.
Or are you already on the road and have hit a pot hole and have a flat tire, broken down and in need of a mechanic or just took a wrong turn and are lost? Are you ready to get back on the road to Heaven?
