Never Lose Your Traction

My wife and I decided on taking a drive yesterday under the threat of a pending snowstorm. At first the snowflakes fell gently and the road conditions were fairly good. We kept driving up north promising to stop after an hour. The breath taking scenery got the best of us. We stopped at small town to browse through a few antiques stores and walked through a small family Christmas market. At four o'clock it was dark so we hurried back to our car as the snow started to fall heavily. On the way home the two lane highway became a single lane. The hills proved to be challenging as the back wheels jerked and slid because there was no traction. Going down the hill was another hazard as the car gathered speed but I was cautious in hitting the brakes too hard. I confessed to my wife this may not have been the best idea.

The Scriptures says, "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." (Matthew 7:13-14, NIV).

In our Christian walk, the narrow way can at times be slick and slippery. If the Enemy can't push you off the road, you can be certain he will try to change the condition so that you slide into a ditch. How many believers have lost their traction and found themselves as many have called it, back sliding?

We often lose traction in our heart when we give way to fear that clouds not only sound reasoning but cause us doubt God's sovereignty. He is in control and we must trust in Him at all times. When we don't trust Him, life seems to spin out of control. We can't get a grip on the circumstances that threaten to side line us.

Here is a promise in those dark and stormy days. Psalms 18:28 says, "You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light." (NIV) and "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path" (Psalms 119:105, NIV).