Missing the Sensor

 

Wednesday afternoon, I pulled into the left turn lane on Battlefield Parkway to go into Lowe’s.  There was a car in front of me, but the man had pulled up so far ahead of the line that he was beyond the sensor in the turn lane.  I hate it when rude drivers pull out so far into the intersection that the cross traffic has a hard time getting past them.  But this driver was a victim of his own anxiousness, and had I not pulled in behind him and activated the senser wires in the pavement, he would have sat there forever waiting for the light to change (actually, his turn light would never have changed).  When the turn lane signal light changed, he turned not thanking me or even knowing that I had helped him.  How often do we neglect to thank the blessed Holy Spirit for His help in our lives?!  We work hard, make our own good luck, and pat ourselves on the back thinking that we have done it all.  What we don’t realize is that God is behind us smoothing out our way helping us to make it through life!  And we think that we did it all!  Paul realized the providence of God and said in Philippians 2:13, “For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.”  Hey, we should see the hand of God working in our lives!  And if we don’t, we should still know that God is working His will on our behalf … behind the scenes.  Hey, why not thank the Lord right now for protecting you today.  After all, that’s exactly what He is doing!