Jesus is my co-driver!

When we read certain Scriptures we might begin to imagine that we are being offered a blank cheque so we can ask God for anything...

John 14.12-14
I assure you that the man who believes in me will do the same things that I have done, yes, and he will do even greater things than these, for I am going away to the Father. Whatever you ask the Father in my name, I will do—that the Son may bring glory to the Father. And if you ask me anything in my name, I will grant it.


In Matthew 18.19-20
 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”

And in 1 John 5:14-16
 'This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.'

We need to notice two things, first a bit of wisdom from James

James 4:2-3

'You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.'

Second, we ask in Jesus’ name – i.e. out of a deep and loving relationships in which we would always seek God’s will.

Remember Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane – in his flesh he didn’t want to face what lay ahead, "if it is possible let this cup pass by; yet not my will be done, but yours" he said.   

How do we learn to walk in God’s will and way?

It is sometimes said that we need to allow God into the driving seats of our lives.


I prefer the dynamic idea of a co-driver in a rally car…

This is what Pavel Dresler, Jan Kopecký’s right-hand man says…

…it’s definitely not true that the co-driver plays second fiddle. “I first tried my hand at navigating in 2005 and I enjoyed it from the off. It’s an adrenaline rush, even though you’re not driving the car – you’re the driver’s second pair of eyes, and he has to trust you completely. Simply put, the driver has to drive exactly as I tell him. And the co-driver can always tell if the driver is really driving according to what’s being read. When it works, it’s a great feeling of teamwork, and that’s what I enjoy the most.” 

To know what coming up, to stay the course, to get through safely the driver must listen and follow to the letter the instructions of their co—driver.



Jesus is the best co-pilot we can choose to sit next to us in the journey through life. 

Watch this this video clip of someone learning some basic maneuvers.
  

https://youtu.be/Kk89yoR2KzQ