Points to the back door

Thank you Lord for another day gone by :)

Sometimes I feel like giving up on this project. Like it's too tough. Like I'm going to get something more out of it by being distracted from the righteous path that is the goal.
It's like Satan is pointing me to the back door, saying 'hey, you can always sneak out there, no one's guarding the BACK door. There's a whole world to explore out there. You're fooling yourself thinking God's big house can offer the best life'.

I'm well aware there are hungry snakes outside that back door. So right now, I'm keen to breathe in waffles for breakfast, and lie on a feather pillow over night - that God offers as a service to me in His mansion.

The back door of my car has been broken for a while anyway. It had a faulty mechanism, meaning nothing could get in or out by it - even with a key. However, today my Dad and I set about fixing it and finished the job, so it's all back to normal - better than normal.

Knowing God, I'd say He'd do the same in His mansion. Everything has got to be working just the way it was built. The back door is a choice we can make. It hurts God to hear that some people escape through that door and quickly get entrapped by a multiple of other things. Yet God is just and allows that freedom of choice.

I for now, am choosing to stay inside as I already mentioned. That means that I will rest on God for comfort, for refuge, for guidance, for confidence, for inspiration, for everything.

You remember my car... the one I fixed. Well I learnt on Sunday that I need to put it in drive. So that when I rest on God I'm not pulling the handbrake up (becoming comfortable with my position, doing nothing to increase God's kingdom), I'm not putting it into reverse (looking at my past, neglecting to forgive myself and giving up on all hope for the future) or putting it in neutral (anxious about the future, need to control as much I can to ensure my security) but I'm putting in drive.

When I'm in drive - I'm ready to grow. When I'm in drive - I'm looking for success. When I'm in drive - I never look for 'good enough', I'm searching for excellence. When I'm in drive - I'm advancing on my goals, on God's goals of righteousness - on God's goals through the work of Jesus Christ's life in me. When I'm in drive - I'm yearning for the best life in Christ's righteousness.

So I fixed the boot. With oil I made it efficient. But I'm not going back there to play around with the door, I know what it does now. I'll sit in the drivers seat instead, and I'll put it into auto-pilot drive and endure, perserve with determination to live strong and finish strong the race that's ahead of me in Christ Jesus who saves.

[Check Phillipians Ch3 + 4]