Ready to Ride

God regularly invites us to follow him into the great unknown. We tend to hesitate until we have an upfront, air-tight guarantee as to how it will go for us.

Instead, God offers road trips with him that come with no detailed itinerary. Often, that’s not enough for us. So we remain camped in the status quo.

I imagine our conversation with God might go something like this.

God: Do you want to ride?

Us: It depends. Where are we going?

God: You’ll see.

Us: Can you guarantee we’ll get there safely? And that all will turn out well?

God: The only guarantee is we’ll go together. Do you want to ride?

Us: Silence. Feet shuffle. Eyes down.

We say we’ll follow God anywhere. But our actions reveal we want a guarantee before committing.

God longs for those who will come alongside him and experience the active, unpredictable, intimate joy of riding together, creating together, experiencing life together. Doing so requires us to stay close. To follow his lead. Sometimes he rides by our side. Other times, he leads the charge. And occasionally he falls back a bit…just to see if we notice. It’s how a good father trains his sons and daughters to ride.

Which brings us back to his first question: “Do you want to ride?”

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