There is a rapper named Lecrae who has a song called “Take Lead”. Check it out. It’s a great rap. One of the main lines says: I can play the background, I can play the background, Cause I know sometimes, I get in the way. So won’t you take lead?
Is this not the scariest thing ever? Asking God to take the lead? Saying to a God you sometimes doubt is even out there to take the lead of your life? It is a lot like flying in an airplane. I never seem to find myself sitting in the cockpit but I also seem to find myself arriving safely at the destination I want to be. Maybe its more congruent to riding in the car while someone you trust is weathering the worst snow storm you have ever seen, yet there is such peace and beauty around the entirety of the scenario. The storm is raging, and pounding, yet inside this vehicle I am safe and I am warm and I am worry free.
Short and sweet… Would it not be cool to be in a position where we were safe and warm in our spot just trusting God? Why do we have such a difficult time trusting in a God that we all, deep down, know exists? And if there really was a God, and he really did love us, and he truly invited us to call Him Father; should it not be much easier to ask him to take the lead? This is such a challenging and integral part of our lives. We all need to be led, we all need someone to take the lead.
Too many times as humans we try to grasp on the fray for something that will not take us under, something that will keep us afloat. When you are canoeing and you find yourself starting to tip, you are not supposed to grab the sides of the canoe. This actually causes you to flip faster than if you just let the canoe correct itself. But sure enough, human inclination helps us grab on to something that we feel is solid, only to find its our Achilles Heel or our Kryptonite. In all actuality if we just took our hands off and placed them up above our heads, we could watch the majesty of the water correct the canoe on its own. And metaphorically if we did the same with God, we would find ourselves safe, dry and further than we would have been on our own.
So… Can He take lead? I know the human in you will try to grasp on to something… I am the same way. Can we let Him take lead? When the world attacks, and the snow is raging and it is cold and scary, can we let Him take lead? When our inclination is to grab at something that will not keep us afloat, can we let Him take the lead?
Great song… easier said than done. But what would it look like, if for one day, we let Him? Even if we do not believe in Him… we let Him take the reins for one day… What would that look like?
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Food for thought: Are you at least courageous enough to try?
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