God and cabbies

I was in a London cab the other day to do a journey I do every Monday from the House of Lords to the Premier Studio in Pimlico.  I know the way - the fastest and cheapest way - and so I usually ask them if they mind if I direct them.  They usually say 'yes'.

Sometimes tho, they don't listen properly!  Whether it's deliberate to take me a longer way round - I don't know.  But usually they're happy for me to tell them to take the second right, first left, etc and we get there.

And I thought how much a cab driver was like a good Christian!  They are constantly on the move from place to place - not of their choosing - but they go there anyway.  They follow the best and most obvious and clear route - and they get there.  Occasionally there are road works or other detours, but they get there.

Do we always follow the best and most obvious way to follow Jesus?  Wht do we do when we hit a 'road work' or 'detour' in our life?  Do we press on and find a way to get there anyway?  Or do we give up at the first sign of 'road works ahead'?

And do we mind where we are being sent?  Cabbies may go through the same road (and road works) several times a day, but they keep going.  They don't (usually) do a Jonah and say they won't go to a particular place.

Maybe, each day, we shoudl ask God to show us where he wants us to go - and then go there!  Irrespective or hazards or hold ups - but just go.

And just like cabbies who love to talk to their passengers - we too have the chance to talk to our fellow travellers.  Sometimes the conversations can be a bit banal, but there's often the opportunity to say 'something meaningful' along the way.

Just a thought!