Roundabout

Read Haggai 1:3-11

I saw a sign that struck me odd the other day - it was a sign showing the traffic circle that was quickly approaching. It was showing how many different directions exit off of the traffic circle or, if the driver so chooses, one can just drive endlessly around the circle. I believe in other parts of the world, traffic circles are referred to as roundabouts. That name seems apt to describe them as well.

But it also seems apt about how we live life. We are traveling along on life's highway and we realize that we need to make a decision, change course, go off in a different direction. Some of us do just that, we start off in a direction that is a little different than the direction we are going, others do a 180, while others just seem to wander around and around without any guidance whatsoever.

In the passage above, God, through the prophet Haggai, was telling them that they needed to change their course because they were headed for destruction. The course they were on was one where they were concerned only about themselves and were failing to remember God. God was calling them to turn around before it was too late.

I wonder how many of us is God calling on to turn around. I am sure that some of us need to only deviate a slight bit to be back on the course that God created for us, while others need to make a big U-Turn, that 180, to bring us back to a fellowship with God. Still others need to get out of the roundabout, stop wandering aimlessly around, enjoying the same old sights.

By God's grace, we have free-will. By God's mercy, we have the ability to change our course and follow God.

Godspeed,
Tim