The Back Seat
In a few weeks I will be taking a trip to Louisiana with my
sisters, cousin, aunt and Mom. We did
this trip last year taking my Mom back to see the places where she grew
up. I am driving my vehicle and it has
seven seats. There are two seats in the
very back that fold down flat and then there is a bench seat in the middle. I was talking to my sister and she said I
should try out the back seats to see how they worked. We were discussing that when we get to
Louisiana if we were going short distances I could fit everyone in my car. She also said I should take my cell phone
with me in case I got stuck back there so I could call my husband to rescue
me.
Have you ever bought a car and driven it for a while and then
found something out about it that you never knew. That was yesterday for me. Since I don’t often sit in the back or rear
seats, (good thing, because I am usually driving it). Before you ask, no I didn’t
take it on the road driving from the rear seat.
I did however, open the hatch and raise the two rear seats. There are several levers and cords to pull to
make this happen.
Then I moved to the two second row seats. I saw a cord so I pulled it. Nothing happened. I looked at the pictures
and followed the steps. Nothing happened. I looked at the pictures again and
saw that number three wasn’t happening so I went through the steps again. Nothing happened. I finally pulled out the manual and started
reading. This was where my husband found
me when he walked out of our back yard. I had the hatch open, three doors open and was
sitting in the front seat reading.
As you can guess he got a puzzled look on his face and then walked
up to the car and asked me what I was doing.
I proceeded to explain to him that I was trying to figure out how to get
into the back seats of the car without having to crawl in from the back
hatch. I got out and showed him the
pictures on the side of the seat. You
are going to love this part. He reaches
up and says, “What is this for” and proceeded to pull a strap sticking out of
the side of the seat. The seat promptly
popped forward and upside down so you could easily step inside.
I told him, "Is that cool or what?" I hopped in and sat in one of the rear seats. As I was sitting there it crossed my mind
that the rear seat is where we all are in life.
We may think we are in control of everything, but that isn’t the
case. God is in the front and driver’s
seat all the time. When we think we are
in control of our lives, give it a few days, months or years. Something will happen eventually to remind us
of where our seat is on the bus of life.
I am glad I’m in the rear seat because He already knows what is going to
happen in my life and I don’t. Wouldn’t
you rather have someone in the driver’s seat who knows where you’re going?
Prayer for the Day: Heavenly Father, I want
you in the driver’s seat in my life. I
often make a mess of things when I try to struggle control away from You. Remind me that You are there to guide and
direct me. You know what is best for
me. Help me to relinquish the control I
think I have to You. You will get me
where I need to go.
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