Are You Drifting or Driving?

The river of time never stops flowing—and everyone is heading downstream.  But are you drifting or are you driving? 

Children drift.  They eat what their parents feed them.  They wear the clothes their parents provide.  They live in their parents’ houses.  Mom and Dad pick their schools, sports, and hobbies.  When children are small most choices are made for them. 

But as you grow, you begin choosing what you eat, what you wear, what you do for fun, where and with whom you spend your time.  You move into the driver’s seat.  Adults stop drifting and start driving.  When the river forks, adults must choose—do you pass the island on the right side or the left? 

Are you drifting or driving?  Have you thought about your eating habits?  Have you asked yourself what the consequences of your food choices will be in the future?  In other words, are you drifting along letting the river of your own past move you downstream, or are you driving the boat, choosing how you live?

Our lives are filled with choices, many of which we never question.  But maybe we should.  Are you making good choices for your physical health? Are you taking care of your teeth?  Are you handling money with wisdom and discipline? It helps to stop and take stock, to ask questions of yourself.  Don’t just drift.

And let’s be intentional about WORSHIP. 

“Choose you this day, whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” Joshua 24:15.

Adult life is filled with choices.  Don’t just drift along on the habits of the past: get into the driver’s seat and think about your options.  Make good choices.  Most importantly, turn from your idols and addictions and choose to serve the Lord.

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