Monday, December 15, 2008

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There’s a road sign that gets my attention every time I’m driving through the mountains. It says,
Runaway Truck Ramp. My first reaction, of course, is to check my rear view mirror just in case there’s a runaway truck bearing down on me. Those ramps that they call the runaway truck ramp, they’re king of sloped upward and they cover them with deep sand that will stop a truck that’s in trouble. You usually can catch the scent of hot brakes in the mountains, especially on those trucks that are depending on them to keep them from hurtling down the mountain. Brakes are good!

I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and sometimes I’m the runaway truck. You know, all accelerator and no brakes. And I don’t think I’m alone. It’s a problem with a lot of us fast-moving, make-it-happen people. We get going so fast that we lose our brakes. It’s hard for anyone to stop our forward momentum–including God. I’ve been studying David lately, and I got a glimpse of one reason God called him “a man after My own heart.” David told his team: “I had it in my heart to build a house for the footstool of our God, and I made plans to build it. But God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name. Solomon your son is the one who will build My house’” (1 Chronicles 28:2 , 3, 6). David was a go-getter, a visionary; he was a get-it-done leader. He’s racing full speed toward his dream, building a temple for God. But when God said, “Hit the brakes,” David did what God said, even if it broke his heart to stop.

We’re prone to making momentum mistakes, and our forward momentum can carry us right out of the will of God and even over a cliff. We’ve got to go when God says go, and obey no when He says no.

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This radio program references: 1 Chronicles 28:2 , 3, 6