It was a very quiet evening when my husband and I were on our way home.
Our house is quite remote, and you have to drive a long way over a dike with no road lighting.
It’s a winding road and normally my husband can drive this road almost blindly, but because of the thick fog he also had trouble with it, causing his speed to drop from a “normal” eighty kilometers per hour to thirty kilometers per hour, LOL.
The misty weather and the darkness of the evening did not stop a lot of people from walking with their dog or cycling along the dike, so extra attention was not an unnecessary luxury. The little light we had from only the headlights of our car reminded us of Psalm 119:105.
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” – Psalm 119:105
Step by step
There may come times in this life when the world around you is completely shrouded in darkness. It will be impossible, like that misty evening on that dark road, to see more than a few feet in any direction.Yet there is one guarantee: if we are truly obedient to God’s Word, we will never walk in complete darkness.
God does not promise us that we will be able to see beyond the next step. Beyond that one step, it may be completely unclear what lies ahead, but that is not your concern. Your only job is to trust Him and simply be obedient to His Word.
The greatest danger you can run is when you try to peer too far ahead into the darkness. When you do that, you might miss the spot where you need to put your next footstep, because that is the only place that is lit up for you at this moment.
God leads the way, and we don’t always have to know or see the destination right away. Our job is to trust Him. Just like driving through the thick fog that night, where you can only see a few meters ahead, so is walking with our Lord. He shows you a few steps, and we can follow Him in trust and obedience. Step by step, he leads us through this life.
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” – Proverbs 3:6
Hand over the wheel
With our human mind we can sometimes map out our future as beautifully as we want, but because of life in this world, those plans can suddenly turn a hundred and eighty degrees. The Bible teaches us above all not to do things on our own understanding (Proverbs 3:5) but to trust God. 
Although it can be scary or exciting to let go of the steering wheel of your life and trust that God will take over the steering wheel for you, it is nevertheless a wonderful way to walk through life. It gives peace and freedom to know that there is Someone who directs your paths and makes them straight (Proverbs 3:6).
Although it can be scary or exciting to let go of the steering wheel of your life and trust that God will take over the steering wheel for you, it is nevertheless a wonderful way to walk through life. It gives peace and freedom to know that there is Someone who directs your paths and makes them straight (Proverbs 3:6).However, it does require cooperation on our part. God is always willing to guide us, but it is up to us to allow Him, something I think will be a learning process throughout our lives.
I believe we can grow into it, and it will become easier in time, but at some point we still have to take that first step and trust Him.
Day in, day out we will have to make a conscious choice for this ourselves.
I want to encourage you; no matter how dark or foggy your situation may be, you do not see the end of the road or where it leads; put God at the “wheel” of your life, stay close to Him, stay in His Word, hear His voice and be obedient to His voice and you will see..
He continues to lead you and bring you to the destination where you need to be.
