One windy day I was driving down the highway in a 10-wheeled truck full of sugar beets when something unusual happened! The wind was so strong that my heavy truck could not go above 35 miles per hour, and I had the gas pedal pressed to the floor! In my rearview mirrors I could see a man in a little pickup truck following closely behind me. He soon got tired of my slow speed and pulled out to pass. As he came alongside my truck, the wind hit his pickup full force, and he did not have enough power to pass. He had to pull back behind me and follow again. While he was driving along in my wind protection he had lots of power, but when he had to face the wind alone he could not do it.
If you have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your own Saviour, you need to follow Him closely every day. Read the Bible, talk to Him in prayer, try to do your daily activities to please Him, and make your decisions with His Word in mind. As long as you follow Jesus closely, you will have power to live your life to please Him. But if you try to go a day or two in your own strength, without His help, without reading His Word and talking to Him, you will find you have little strength to cope with the decisions and troubles of this life. Quickly pull back and “follow [in] His steps” (1 Peter 2:2121For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: (1 Peter 2:21)). “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me” (Philippians 4:1313I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. (Philippians 4:13)).
ML-06/29/1997