Icy Roads. Losing Momentum.

On Saturday November 20th my husband and I drove from our home in Prior Lake to Maple Grove to have dinner with some dear friends. (the drive took 40 mins like usual.) We hung out, prayed cried, laughed, talked and had a plain ole' great time til about 10pm.

As we left, we hopped on our usual Hwy 169 to head home, and low and behold... ICE. (not unusual for a Minnesota winter) but this was blankets upon blankets of ice on the highway.... a LITERAL ice rink on the roads.

As we headed down the highway a SUV to our right did a literal 180 spin (Thank God no cars were coming) as we inched (20 MPH) down the highway, we came upon 1, 2, 5, 9, 14, TWENTY spin outs, accidents and cars in the ditch. People who didn't have enough momentum to make it up a slight hill in the road began to either slide backwards or even completely sideways.

At one point we saw an ambulance with an accident victim in the back and the ambulance was spinning uncontrollably and eventually ended in the ditch as well.
My husband and I were coming up towards an exit where a semi truck was paused.. Stopped right in between the right lane of the highway and the exit ramp, As a small car tried to exit, it began to slide and we had to slow down to avoid hitting it, but as we lost momentum, we too found ourselves sliding.... right into the side of the stalled semi truck!

we tried to move from against the semi, but there was no where to go, everytime we tried to accelerate, our car would smash closer into the semi and our rear view mirror was beginning to crack. All we could do at that point was sit and wait for a cop to come. sit... and wait.   sit and wait.    

As we sat and waited; we witnessed several people sliding into ditches, almost making it to the top of the exit ramp only to be halted by the thick sheet of ice that prevented their tires from moving forward. We saw trucks of every size just pull over in defeat.  At one point we were nervous that someone may slide into us and sandwich us in so there would be no where to go.

Why did I share this story??

As I watched these events unfold before my eyes, I immediately thought about this journey called LIFE. This journey as a christian, striving to obtain the ultimate goal of eternal life. Many people on a road trying to reach their destination, only to have something slip under them and cause them to either: lose momentum, slide into a ditch, or worse yet completely give up in defeat.

What are the things that are causing YOU to lose momentum, get off course, or even causing you to wave the white flag of defeat?  Hurts, Anger, Unforgiveness, Low Self Esteem? Or maybe its your ambition for success, a job, a relationship, un-met expectations, your need to be in control, or your feelings of being out of control.

Whatever it is.. just know that its there to prevent you from reaching your full potential in Christ. Whatever it is, it wants you to live a mediocre existence and settle for less than God's best. It's the Wiles and tactics of the enemy.  (Ephesians 6:10-15) speaks about having on the armour of God so you can withstand against the devils schemes.

The devil's purpose is to steal, kill and destroy (John 10:10) God's purpose is for you to have an abundant life.
The devil's purpose is NOT his power. He only has power to (steal kill or destroy) when we give it to him.  We give him that power when we remain empty to the Word of God (I was uninformed of the weather that night, otherwise i could have planned accordingly)
We give the enemy power when we trust in our abilities over God's. when we don't walk in faith. (We tried to move from against the truck, but we needed help.. we couldn't do it ourselves)
We give the enemy power when walk in the flesh and not in the Spirit of God.

God cam that we would have life and more abundantly, so we must stay in the Word, walk according to the spirit of God, pray, maintain an attitude of gratitude towards Him. Seek HIM for his purpose for our lives.

Then we will live the victorious lives we desire and not lose momentum on the icy roads of life.

Blessings,

Alisa