JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL

It was Friday, the 13th and I didn't even know it, if I had it wouldn't have mattered because I don't buy into all that gibberish, but I can sure tell you at some point I realized that for over a year I had been headed down this street going nowhere fast. I had been fasting and praying and all of sudden that day, I realized in all my praying and fasting I had never taken my foot off the gas to hit the break. I had never taken my hands off the wheel to let Jesus drive. Sure I had Him the car, was taking Him every where I went, but never surrendering it all to Him. Yesterday, I read a friends post on face-book that made look at things with an entirely different perspective. Here I was whining, complaining, mad and disappointed, but at least I could pick up the phone and hear the voice I wanted to hear, go in the other room and touch who I wanted to touch and somebody somewhere just wants that option.

I started to look back over my life the last few years and I spent a lot of time with this cape on, wearing a S on my chest that didn't just stand for SHON GARNER COLE, I was wearing it because I thought I needed to handle it all. The good things, the bad things, the uhm I don't know how I want to feel about those things. Then all of sudden like the girl in Carrie's song, I hit the invisible black ice and as saved, and anointed as I am, I had hit this black ice and my life was/is spinning out of control. I looked around and the folks that are still here are looking like what, we know already that you aren't SUPER WOMAN, you are the one that didn't. So then I thought okay, Jesus, I thought I gave this to you and I danced and danced, shoot I was even hoping others would dance encouraging them to dance. At that moment He was quiet He didn't say a mumbling word. There was no stirring in my spirit, there was no tugging at my heart, I didn't even have tears, Jesus was quiet and so was I. Then all of sudden a flood of memories began and I remembered that I encouraged every one but Shon, I didn't take time out to grieve, be happy, just live. I danced for a minute all the time I still had my foot on the gas my hands on the wheel and I was still driving down that road, going somewhere but nowhere fast. I was asked the other day, have you ever been happy that GOD DIDN'T answer a prayer. The answer was yes and still is. Then I remembered, my friends wedding dance to, " You Can Let Go Now Daddy" Immediately, I thought God I don't want you to let go, and immediately I got you are listening to the song wrong, check your memory and see that you can let go SHON, I am in control. I know you have never flown but the flight attendants tell everyone, in the case of a crash or turbulence put your own air mask on first then worry about saving someone else. It was a truly liberating moment to know that if I needed to cry, I could cry, If I wanted to laugh hysterically, I could do that too. Shoot if I didn't want to do nothing at all, I could do that too. That JESUS has been JESUS since before the world was spoken into existence and surely He doesn't need my help to be THE I AM THAT HE IS. So, with a smile on my face, and feeling lighter, I realized that I had released that choke hold on the steering wheel. Yes, I have said Jesus here I can't do this, and unlike the lady in the song, I have been talking to you daily and you have been talking to me, but still even though you wrote on my wall, let me see visions, I wouldn't trust you enough to let it all go.

If there is someone out there like me and Carrie, going fast, but with no control I want to tell you it's okay, just move your hands off the wheel and let Jesus take it. The finances that are out of sorts, the family that is broken, the job that feels like you have clocked in to hell, the church where they are preaching feel good messages. ALL OF IT, not some of it all of it whatever it is, give it to HIM. Let God be God and you be you. I am going to share some of the lyrics from the song with you. But I also want to share this with you.

"If you'll hold on to me for dear life," says God, "I'll get you out of any trouble. I'll give you the best care if you'll only get to know and trust me. Call me and I'll answer, be at your side in bad times; I'll rescue you, then throw you a party. I'll give you long life, give you a log drink of salvation!" Psalm 91: 14-16 The Message Bible (how great is that)

It'd been a long hard year
She had a lot on her mind and she didn't pay attention
she was going way too fast
Before she knew it she was spinning on a thin black sheet of glass
She saw both their lives flash before her eyes
She didn't even have time to cry
She was so scared
She threw her hands up in the air

Jesus take the wheel
Take it from my hands
Cause I can't do this on my own
I'm letting go
So give me one more chance
To save me from this road I'm on
Jesus take the wheel


Finally I leave you with this:
This is God's Word on the subject: "As soon as Babylon's seventy years are up and not a day before, I'll show up and take care of you as promised and bring you back home. I know what I am doing, I have it all planned out-plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. "When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen. Jer. 29:10-12

Look at God all along He has been saying to me and everyone that's going through even the ones that are going through because of choices they made. I got this if you will let ME just BE who I AM. I pray this helps someone and if not it helped me to get it out.


Blessed to Be A Blessing,
Shon Garner Cole
http://realtalkwithshon.blogspot.com/