Plans

Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. – Proverbs 16:3

I love to drive.  It is where I learn the most, pray the most, feel the Lord the most, and hear from Him the most.  For the past few months, I’ve been dreaming.  Not dreaming in the sense that I wrote about last week, but dreaming in the sense of longing to do something.  

Most of you know that I’ve been a teacher for a long time . . . 27.5 years to be exact.  I still plan on teaching 1-3 more years . . . I will certainly keep seeking the Lord on this one.  At first, I only became a teacher because I wanted to coach.  I got what I wanted.  I really liked coaching, but I kind of hated teaching.  I lasted about 10 years before I wanted to quit.  I was about to quit when Colossians 3:23 got in the way.  The Lord, attempting to be the Lord of my life that I said He was, told me to teach for Him, not for men.  After thinking long and hard about what that looked like, I put it into practice and began to enjoy teaching.  To this day, I really love the attempt of making a difference in a kid’s life.  

My dream is to drive the big rigs.  I start CDL school in January.  I’ve been talking to the Lord about this . . . committing to Him whatever I do.  Sink or swim, I’m planning to document this journey.  If I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it completely for Him.  So, I started a You Tube channel.  It may be months between each video that I post, but I went ahead and posted the first one.  I want it to be for anyone brand new to trucking, who knows NOTHING (like me), to be able to use the page as a resource of what to do and how to go about it.  I also want people who watch it to know that I’m trying to do it all “as unto the Lord.”  

I do ask you guys to do a couple of things for me.  For one, pray for me!  Not that my plans will succeed, but that His will be done in my life.  If there is too much of me in this, and not enough Him, I’m more than happy shutting it all down.  Two, go and watch my first video on You Tube.  It isn’t anything top quality, but it looks and sounds like a beginner’s video in so many ways.  At the same time, I already feel like God has already helped me here at the start.   

Here is the link to the channel.  Subscribe and leave a comment to it if you don’t mind doing that sort of thing.  Someone here will be the very first one!

Lord, You are the King of all Kings and Lord of all Lords!  There is and never will be another like You!  With all my heart, all my mind, and all my strength I simply want to be someone who represents You well.  I know that I fail more times than I can count, but I even thank You for that, for You know this keeps me humble with You and lets me not become arrogant, thinking that I’m somebody in the faith.  I don’t mind being a nobody.  You are the greatest thing that has ever happened to me and I want You to happen to the world!  I ask You to use my drive to drive.  May I get the chance to simply pray over every road in this country . . . or maybe at least every road in my region.  I don’t know, Lord . . . I simply commit to You everything that I do, and may You establish my plans.  Amen!