DON’T Look Behind You! July 21, 2009 Print | Email
I am really not the best driver. I don’t drive too cautiously, I drive on the speedy side. Ask my kids…they will tell you that I am a “crazy driver.” I think my mom almost had a heart attack the other day as I entered our garage and was about an inch from hitting the fridge. There is a fridge in our garage…I didn’t go through a wall to the kitchen or anything…at least not yet! Oh, also, please do not ask me why I am doing community service. Yes, I am working on my driving, and yes, I know it is bad, but it could be worse…I could be spending time looking in my rearview mirror while I am driving. That would really cause me some headaches,and maybe some injuries, to me and others. Of course, it makes no sense to look behind you when you are driving. The result would be horrendous. So, why do we choose to look behind us in our lives? I’m sorry, I am not assuming that you do this. I do, and the results are just as dangerous as driving in a car and looking in the rearview mirrors.
As I go throughout my day, I think about things that have happened in the past that I wish I could change. I wish I could go back and make different choices. However, as I look longingly in my rearview life mirror, I miss out on what is now going on. There is a lot of good stuff going on that I miss out on if I look back. There is nothing I can do about what is behind me. It is gone. Thinking about it isn’t going to change my bad choices. All it is going to do is cause me pain, anger, sadness, and bitterness. As I look behind me, I can’t see what is going on now. I can’t see anything ahead of me, either. I am just stuck. I’m stuck where Satan wants me to be. Looking back on my misery only causes misery and robs me of the joy that God wants me to have RIGHT NOW. That’s right…looking back while driving is hazardous to your health and so is looking back on all of the yuck. If you choose not to look in front of you, you might just miss how He has changed the “yuck “from behind to the “yum” that is happening right now. Make this the day you choose to look in front of you, and not behind. Now, don’t look too far ahead of you..that’s for a different blog!
“Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you.”
Proverbs 4;25
I need to look straight ahead….my gaze does not go behind but side to side and all around…like a nervous first time driver…remember those drivers ed videos that showed somehow what it was like through the eyes of a first time driver….darting to and fro…never really paying attention to what was ahead! Oh…to have Prov 4:25 kind of focus! straight ahead….look directly ahead…don’t worry about what’s beside you…what might be behind you…just look ahead! “turn my eyes upon Jesus!”
Good point, Bev! I like your additions! Great thoughts, girl! Turn our eyes upon Jesus…we just need to move that steering wheel, or let Jesus do it for us!
I loved your thoughts of looking forward and not back. Keep my eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of my faith, by doing so we can see all the signals and His direction as to which way to go.
Maybe that is why He put our eyes in front of our face and not on the back of our heads….my attempt at humor. 🙂 Love you…keep writing!