While driving along the African road, I focus my attention about 100 yards ahead. This allows me to watch for major obstacles such as dead cars, cows, or fallen trees. However, it also causes me from time to time to hit some small potholes.
As I discussed this with my traveling companion, she pointed out that different types of roads dictate how far into the future we can see. The smoother the road, the farther down it we can look. A rough road demands that we focus our attention immediately in front of the vehicle. To be a good driver, I must train myself to be aware of both the near and the distant.
So, too, in my life I am on a road whose surface changes with the circumstances around me. Some days go along smoothly. The road is wide, flat, and clear. I am able to focus on both my earthly responsibilities as well as my time with the Lord.
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Other days are filled with the potential potholes of rough relationships, difficulties at the office, or overwhelming temptations. I swerve around trying to avoid them. I focus on the potholes and my eternal perspective suffers.
I take encouragement and instruction from the writer of Proverbs: "Let your eyes look directly ahead, and let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. Watch the path of your feet, and all your ways will be established. Do not turn to the right nor to the left; turn your foot from evil." (Proverbs 4:25-27)
On those days filled with potholes, I find it all the more necessary to start with an eternal perspective. How can I keep my foot from turning if I don't know where I am going$%:
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