Kim McInerney

A snapshot of my journey with Christ.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Giving up the Reins

Here I was, God and I, riding in a cart pulled by two giant horses. We're flying through the woods at very high speeds and it's completely out of control. I'm driving and God is beside me. I'm terrified and I can't get the horses to stop. I'm trying as hard as I can, but I can't seem to do it. The more time passes the more out of control the situation gets. I'm trying, I'm trying and I'm trying, but I just can't get the situation under control. God leans over to me, calmly and says, "May I?" I know he can do it, without any effort at all, but I refuse. "No, I need to do this," I say, "I know I can. I just know I can." God just waits. Things get wilder and more desperate, exhausted I hand him the reins and in seconds the situation is calmed. - Adream/vision I had

Well, that pretty much says it all. I want to try. I want to sort it out and God is saying, "Hey, you don't need to. Let me do it." I still want to try, because I feel like "I" need to figure it all out. I feel like I need to be self-sufficent, but no, God says, "Let me take over."

Wow, how humbling it is to say, "I can't." I still want to try. I still want to figure it out. I'm struggling to give up the reins to a God who is so completely in control.