Life, The bigger picture...Or something like that..

I was recently going for a nice cruise in my truck when I started to think of that saying that "Life is a highway and we are the cars"
As you know the world is full of signs and lights and different directions to help you to get where you are going.  We can choose to follow these signs and lights or we can just keep going and drive how we want to(which I don't recommend that's unsafe).
A lot of times I choose to let God drive my life and steer me in the right direction. Sometimes what I forget is that  he isn't going to do all the work for me, I still have the option to tell him to turn in the wrong direction.  Jesus knows the right way and wants me to stay on track but I ultimately have the choice.
Too often I expect God to fix my life or form it into his plan and do nothing myself.  Sure God could force me to do what he wants but thankfully he gave us free will.  Many times I have heard people say, "Why would God even put the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden anyway? He is setting us up to fail!"
I could never find the answer to this, it seemed so simple..If the tree wasn't there then we wouldn't have sinned.  But without the tree there, we have no options.  God gave us the decision to choose him or to choose the tree. A relationship isn't a relationship if there is no choice.  If God made us and said "This is how its going to be and you have no choice in the matter." that wouldn't be a relationship at all! We would be prisoners without a choice.

Now that I have gotten a little off topic...

After driving for a while I noticed a few lights that were flashing yellow, meaning proceed with caution.  I couldn't help but feel like sometimes we as humans drive through life as if we were proceeding with caution.  Scared that any second we might make a mistake and take a path that is incorrect or find a dead end.  When in reality, if we have Jesus...we don't need to be afraid that life wont play out how we want it to, or expect it too. Sure, sometimes life is really confusing and you feel lost.

Lately I have been questioning everything about the world that I live in and the world that God created.  Too often I feel like I'm lost on a road in the middle of nowhere. I compare the road I'm on to the one everyone else drives on.   I think too much about how life is "supposed" to be by human standards.

A few weeks ago I was driving to work in the morning, a drive that I make a lot. I drive the same way every day so nothing is ever really different.  This particular day I was waiting at a red light and looked up.  I was always so focused on the cars and the buildings and going with the flow of traffic that I never realized how beautiful the morning was.  No matter how flashy all of the signs of businesses are, they suddenly seem so pathetic compared to the huge blue sky, the bright sun, the green trees, the birds singing.  All things God created.  I was focusing so much on my daily routine and being just like everyone else that I forgot that each day is a gift from God full of his amazing power.
Have you ever asked yourself "Is this how God intended life to be?" I know I have, more times than I can count.
I was reading through Matthew the other night and came upon the story of the Wise and Foolish Builders.
  ²⁴ “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. ²⁶ But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ²⁷ The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.”
This stuck out to me because of all the flooding. We can see all the destruction the flood waters can do. Sometimes life is ruthless and tough but if we listen to what Jesus teaches we can be the wise man who built his house on the rock.
Perhaps I rambled a bit but its just been a jumble of stuff that's been on my mind lately. If you have any comments I would love to hear them. Good or bad, I am always ready to learn more.