Jesus Take the Wheel

Have you heard the Carrie Underwood song, "Jesus Take the Wheel"? It's been all the rave and has done well for her career start. I wish her well!

But the song has gotten me to thinking about the notion of asking Jesus to take the wheel. When we look at our lives as though we are the ones in the driver's seat it would naturally stand to reason that when in trouble we will ask Jesus to take over. "Hey, Jesus, I'm doing OK today, I can handle this one." is the kind of attitude we develop. We actually think that we have life in ourselves.

St. Athanasius states:

"This, then, was the plight of men. God had not only made them out of nothing, but had also graciously bestowed on them His own life by the grace of the Word. Then, turning from eternal things to things corruptible, by counsel of the devil, they had become the cause of their own corruption in death..."

Do you see what Athanasius is proposing? He is saying that the life we live is nothing less than a share in the very Life of God through Jesus.

St. Paul, in talking with the Athenians on Mars Hill stated that "we live and move and have our being in Him." The reality of yours and my existence is that we do not have life in ourselves. An EverReady Energizer battery was not installed at the factory, but we were created in union with Christ and we derive our whole existence in Christ.

When we turn our eyes away from this Truth, we create for ourselves destruction by trying to create an alternate reality that is no reality at all. It is a lie, nothingness, vapor!

Here is the Truth. Jesus has the wheel. He's in the driver's seat. Your life is bound up in Him. Quit reaching over the console and trying to grab the wheel. Trust and enjoy the ride.