Crossing the Road

This may sound odd, but I remember in great detail the moment my grandmother taught me to look both ways before crossing the road. I was about four years old. She brought me to the edge of the road and said, "Now Jon, see that frog on the road; that could be you if you don't listen." I remember hating the idea that I had to look twice both ways! But after I did cross it and came back, I felt like a hero. I did something on my own! Well the reason for this quick story, has to do with a sermon I heard last week.

At Grace they are doing a run through of the old testament. This past week was on the book of Exodus. The part I grasped tightly was the story of Moses and his life before God had revealed himself. Moses was one tough dude! This was during a visit to his fellow people. Check this out...

"One day, many years later when Moses had grown up and become a man, he went out to visit his fellow Hebrews and saw the terrible conditions they were under. During his visit he saw an Egyptian knock a Hebrew to the ground-one of his own Hebrew brothers! Moses looked this way and that to be sure no one was watching, then killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand." Exodus-2:11-12

See, like the road that my grandmother had so tediously made me aware of the danger. Moses had checked both ways. The problem is Moses and all of us when dealing with a situation that we question, sometimes we just look both ways twice; forgetting to look up! Moses found guidance on his own and didn't look for God's help when making this decision. I don't know about you, but there are many instances that I decide to just look both ways. How can we discipline ourselves to not look at the frog on the road but the voice in the sky?

At work I find myself on Mondays pulling an "Office Space." Peter in the movie didn't want to work the weekend, so he was told to check both ways and leave work before he would have to face his boss. We need to learn to just look up, and face the situation.

Has anyone found extra change in the soda machine and looked around before taking it? Or found a lost animal and looked for the owner? I believe the angel and devil on the shoulder is just the same as looking both ways. I only pray that I am strong enough to continue to look up and face the situation with God.

This metaphorical road is long and wide. We as Christians just need to stay strong and remember that looking both ways just doesn't cut it! We need to strive for the ultimate relationship and lean on our Maker. Let's keep our heads raised high!