Go With the Flow

The title pretty much describes the way I move through life. I love adventures, I hate to know the ending before I get there. In this way I am almost the complete opposite of my wife. It boggles my mind to see her get a new book and just start reading randomly through it... even the last page!

I have learned in the last few years that there are several different ways to go with the flow. I imagine "the flow" as white water rapids. I had the opportunity to go on a white water rapid ride in Colorado many years ago. It was enough of an adventure that it has stuck with me all this time. It was only a Class 3 rapid at the time (Class goes from 1 to 5), but that is still a significant amount of water moving down the river. Everyone who got into the boat was "going with the flow" no matter what. Our choices were to be passive participants just letting the river guide the boat wherever it might go, or to be active participants using the tools we had been given to guide the boat along the best course in the river.

I believe that my life is similar to that raft. I have been placed on the river in a certain time in a certain place, and life is going to move forward regardless of what I do. I can try to fight against it all (as some do in futility), or I can go with the flow. I can just sit back and let the water carry me where it will, which is a good way to get smashed up against the rocks. Or, I can use all of the tools God has given me and try to navigate a course in my boat on His river.

This is kind of how I see God working out "His plan for my life." There was a time when I thought God was directly concerned with my boat; as if my boat was the key to His plan. I don't really see it that way anymore. I believe God is in control of the river. It is going where He has planned, and nothing is going to stop it. I have a chance to join in and have a great ride... if I will listen to Him and let Him guide my boat. So, that is my life's journey; to be an active participant with God as I enjoy the great adventure of Life that He has created.