What would it be like if there were no roads? What would our days look like if there were no roads? No roads that connected us to school. No roads that connected us to work. Roads that we travel on now to go to soccer, swimming, church, what if these same roads were non-existent.
Fortunately, we do not have to worry about this problem. If I am not mistaken, and I very well could be, there are roughly 4 million miles of roads here in the United States. Each road connecting to each other. Maybe not directly but pretty close to it. Roads are indeed essential for making our lives more efficient. If we did not have roads, then we would indeed have to change our lifestyles. We would need more time to go to school, work, swimming, soccer and all the above.
What does your road look like? Not the one your house sits on or the one you take to come to school or church. But the road that you are walking on, spiritually speaking? I posted this Green Day video on here from you tube because of exactly what they are singing about, a road. What does your road look like? What signs are posted on your road? Right now, if you were to paint a picture of the road that you are walking on, would be picturesque or would be grotesque with an uninviting look to it?
As you take time to listen to this song, read it's lyrics, sing along with it (sorry for the cuss word) think about your road. What is it that is driving you to walk down this road. Are you happy with what it is you are doing? The signs that are posted, who are they from? What do they say? Has God put up a sign or two on your road that may catch your attention before it is too late to turn around, or avoid an unexpected bend.
More importantly about this road of life that you are on, the one that defines who you are. In fact, what is it that defines you? The real question to get to here and to the heart of the matter is, where is it that your road is leading you to? And more importantly, is God there with you or are you alone? Are you walking alone, with so much stress and other baggage that is preventing you to experience God's grace? Are you so busy, so focused, so distracted that your life seems empty, uneventful, or far from God's presence? Or are you on a road, leading to a feast with those whom you love and care for dearly, accompanied by a companion that your not sure it is yet?
May it be that you take time to look at the road that you are walking on. The road that is taking you through the bends and turns that we call life. If there are things that are keeping you down, in what ways do you see God in them? Do you hear the same thing that God said to Jeremiah when he was to tell the people that although may have sunk to the lowest possible level of sin in their lives, he still loved the people. Take delight in the Lord your God, the one whom has given you a pen to write what happens on this road. Listen to God. Be with God. Notice God.
Now we ask again, what road do you walk? Is it still lonely? Did I miss the point of the song? Are you still with me? What do you think? Feed back?
