Don’t you just hate it when you hit a pothole? If your like me you know exactly where they are on your commute to work everyday. This morning I hit everyone of them on my way into work. Then I hit a big one on the way home tonight. Why does that happen? I know where they are, yet on some days I hit them and other days I am well prepared and avoid them. I think what happens for me is I am often distracted. This morning it was the ice and snow. Other mornings, I am thinking about my day and what I need to do when I get to work. Other days I notice a cat in a field or a hawk on a tree limb. When I get distracted I forget about those stupid potholes. When I hit the pothole, it brings me back to reality and I beat myself up for not paying attention.
We all have potholes in our life as well. We know they are there and some days we do a good job of avoiding them and not hitting them. Other days we get distracted and all of a sudden we hit a pothole and then another. That can start a downward spiral that leads to further distraction and all of a sudden we are way off tract.
Our enemy knows what our potholes are and how to distract us so that we run over them. Sometimes we even hit that really big one that you think will make your car fall apart. That big Pothole is the one that gets us in trouble if we are not on guard. When we stay focused on God and our relationship with Him we can avoid those nasty potholes of life. God gives us many clear instructions on how to stay away from those potholes and stay on the right path. When we get onto the wrong roads is when we start hitting the potholes that can take us out.
Guard your heart, stay on the right path and look to God for your direction. God can even fill in those potholes that we seem to hit everyday if we allow him to. If you have some regular potholes that you hit all the time, ask God to fill them for you. Ask Him to pave over them and bring smooth roads to your life.