Together We Think

As I was driving into work a few days ago I was struck by the miles of tail lights in front and the headlights behind and what each pair represents. Hopes, dreams, paychecks, passions, frustrations, families to support and a plethora of other agenda’s both positive and negative. It got me thinking, what’s this all about? Why the miles of steel, glass and bodies moving along in unison? (mostly!)  My arrival point that morning happened to be an unemployment meeting with over 130 men in attendance. I stood in back holding my breath as 25 men, each new to the meeting, got up and shared what they had recently lost and what they were looking for. In those moments I was struck by the fact that the cars I had seen that morning represented what so many of us have tried to build our future on and place our hope in…our careers! How many of us find our primary identity in what we do? If I am honest, I find that it is all too easy for me to get lost in it! To define myself by it…and yet, what I was watching that morning were men who no longer had that identity to hold on to, and I thought to myself, what now? What happens when we realize that it was all built on the wrong thing? The answer came quickly… In Psalm 62:5 we are challenged to find our rest in God alone, because our hope comes from Him. That’s it! My hope comes from Him! Not from a job, or a gifting or an engaged passion, but from God alone. That is the only place where my heart can truly be at rest and find hope.We must not forget this truth! It’s not just for those who have lost their job or those who might lose it, but for all of us who strive so hard to accomplish and succeed. We all need to remember!

As I drove away that morning and re-entered the buzz of a world in commute, I realized that in my physical, daily commute, there is something much deeper going on. It’s not just a drive to my place of work or business…it’s more than that! You see, in reality it is truly a spiritul commute that doesn’t find it’s hope in the destination at the end, but in the journey with the One who is with me wherever I go!