Who's In The Driver's Seat?

Can you remember what life was like before you got your driver's license? I sure can. I can still remember sitting in the car watching my mom or dad drive. I couldn't wait 'till I was old enough to drive. I would finally be able to go anywhere I wanted to go. But until then, I basically went where they went.

When that day finally came and I got my first car, there I was, in the driver's seat! I could go wherever I wanted to go. I could drive myself to school, I could drive myself to work, I could drive myself to my buddies house. I could even just drive for the fun of it with no particular destination! I had such freedom!

So, in your life, who is in the driver's seat? Are all the negatives of this world driving you around, or, are you in charge of your own life? How can you tell?

How do you react to negative situations? Do you allow those negatives to influence your decisions? For example, when you hear, "The economy is bad," what's your reaction? Do you quickly agree and realize that since it is bad, this is how your life will be affected, and this is what you can expect?

If that is how you react, then you are not in the driver's seat. You are just along for the ride. And the worst part is, you are being driven in the wrong direction!

Whether they say that the economy is good or bad is really irrelevant when you look for God to supply, knowing that His supply is endless. Having confidence in God, keeping your focus on Him, believing Him, expecting Him to supply, and refusing to not be afraid, is being in the driver's seat!

And I'm not talking about living in a fantasy, make-believe world, going around saying, "Everything is just fine." Keeping your focus and trust on God to supply means looking for and expecting His guidance and direction, so that you are not driving around in circles all day long.

What happens when you hear statistics about how many people are supposed to get a certain disease? What's your reaction? Do you get afraid of being in the wrong percentile? If so, then you are not in the driver's seat. You are being driven.

Why not choose to think that the Creator designed the human body to heal itself, and healing from God is available! The Bible says that He wishes above all things that you prosper and be in health! Those kinds of thoughts will keep you in the driver's seat!

Every single day we are all bombarded with negatives from every avenue: TV, radio, newspaper, billboards and people we talk to. There seems to be no escaping it. That's why someone who is positive sticks out like a sore thumb!

But think about it for a minute. If we just simply accept all those negatives we hear every day, then those negatives will drive us around.

The Bible says, "As he thinks in his heart so is he." Whenever we allow thoughts, whether positive or negative, to stay inside our mind long enough they will get into our heart. An effective way for this to happen, either positively or negatively, is by repetition.

Once thoughts get into the heart of our mind, then that is what we will evidence in our lives. Whether good or bad, it makes no difference. That is the way the Creator designed our minds to work. That is why "as he thinks in his heart, so is he!"

None of us can escape all the negatives we see and hear every day. But we can choose how we will respond to them. I don't want my life to be like a little boy in my parent's car, just going along for the ride. I want to be in the driver's seat!

How about you? In your life, who's in the driver's seat? Why not get in the driver's seat, and choose where your life is going? Refuse to allow negatives to influence your decisions, or to incite you to fear.

Instead, look at what God has promised you, and believe and accept it as truth. Then, expect Him to guide you and direct your path. And remember, there is no circumstance or situation that is too hard for God. Nothing can put Him out of business!