My mechanical inclination is off the chart — the bottom of the chart, that is!!! Thus, recently when a mentor titled my file “JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL”, I was elated and knew God had led me to His choice for help in navigating this next leg of my life’s journey. That’s the good news!!! The bad news is, in honesty, I hadn’t a clue what the wheel was or is!!! To God’s credit, He is teaching me both what it was and is; but most importantly, what the wheel will be forever more. However, to start my understanding it took God’s reprimand: “My daughter, you need to learn the DIFFERENCE between the wheel and the tire. Herein is MY roadmap to lead and deliver you to My will, My way and My purpose for your journey’s next chapter.”.
The DIFFERENCE between the wheel and the tire — I hadn’t a clue!!! God reminded me that sometimes admitting you don’t know or understand is the first step in gaining wisdom. Thus, I invited the Lord to enlighten me. As always, He threw His master switch, and the lightbulb went on for me.
In declaring “JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL”, I was expecting Christ to cover the distance from where I was to where I needed to get and, also, to straight on deliver me to the perfect destination. What I was totally overlooking is “wheel” is short for “STEERING” wheel, and steering is not a straight ruler drawn line. Steering is a circular/up and down, forward/reverse, zig/zag, over/under, right/left, etc., journey. On the contrary, a tire’s function is to simply get you where you are going and make the delivery smooth. Tires just go where they are directed. They have no part in directing.
When asking Jesus to take the wheel, I was mistakenly expecting a straightforward, shock absorbing “tire” delivery to a perfect destination. In truth, “JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL” implores Christ to steer me through the journey’s twists and turns, while navigating my way over potholes, bumps, slippery slopes and uphill climbs.
My perspective now in alignment, my journey has become refueled with newfound understanding and wisdom. When “JESUS TAKES THE WHEEL”, it is not a guarantee of a straight shot, smooth and shock absorbed journey from point A to point B. However, it is JESUS’s promise that He will STEER me through all detours, storms and every other obstacle obscuring the path to all my God given destinations. Don’t know about you, but as for me, my car’s XM radio speakers are loudly singing “JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL”. Maybe, I can’t pinpoint my destination arrival time, and that’s o.k. cause it’s no longer on my radar. For you see, God’s shown me I’ll always be where I need to be and in perfect timing when “JESUS TAKES THE WHEEL”.
Uplifted in a Broken Down World 