I feel sorry for those people who do not have God’s Holy Spirit in their life. They must struggle to steer their own life and keep it on course. I have mentioned before that there have been times since I became a Christian that I thought the road ahead was smooth and straight. I told God, “I can handle it from here” and slid behind the steering wheel of my life while the Holy Spirit curled up in the back seat without anything to do, asleep. Each time that happened, I quickly found myself mired in a ditch or on the wrong road, begging the Holy Spirit to take the wheel again and get me out of trouble.
I’m old enough to remember driving a vehicle without power steering. We take it for granted today, but without it you could really wear yourself out on a crooked road or a trip with a lot of turns; not to mention parallel parking. Thankfully, the Holy Spirit can steer our life with ease. Paul wrote, “The Spirit within you is the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead.” Now that is power enough to steer any life through the most difficult situations and storms.
A friend told me about an incident on an icy winter road. The car was skidding out of control. She took her hands off the wheel, her foot off the brake, and asked God to take the wheel and get her stopped safely. The car came to a complete stop safely on the shoulder of the road without hitting anyone or anything.
Is God in the driver’s seat of your life? If not, ask Him to take over and then, my brother of sister, sit back and enjoy the ride.