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Gleanings From The Word

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  • Don’t forget it is God in the drivers seat not us

    Don’t forget it is God in the drivers seat not us

    team of horses in snow

    Welcome to 2026, the beginning of the second quarter of the 21st century. That sounds like some futuristic time to me, not Monday morning. 

    My friend Lloyd is a cowboy and an old-fashioned teamster. That means he spends part of the year at Lake Louise taking people for horse-drawn sleigh rides (the photo today is one of his). He loves it.  I’m sure he feels the joy I used to feel back in the days when I drove dog teams on winter trails.

    Most of us love being in the driver’s seat. We like to have control over where we are going and how we get there. That’s true for a lot of things besides horses, dogs, and automobiles.

    We want to be in control of our lives, God’s in charge of our own little world. Now, we might not be so brazen as to phrase it that way, but it’s in our hearts. We like to ignore the truth that its God in the Driver’s seat.

    That desire to be like God was what caused humanity to stumble in the Garden of Eden. Eve and Adam ate the fruit (not, probably not an apple) because they didn’t trust God enough to listen to Him.

    It’s why the Bible says things like,

    Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.It will be healing to your flesh and refreshment to your bones. Proverbs 3:5-8 ESV

    and

    The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 ESV

    We’re broken people living in a fallen world. All the manmade wisdom, tools, and technology can’t rescue us and redeem us. That’s why we needed a savior to set us free.

    None of the false religions can free us. The atheists and humanists can’t do it. The trans-humanists with their vision of humanity integrated with machines won’t accomplish it. The people calling for the abolition of humanity as the cure for the world’s ills (a strange and self-destructive ideology) won’t save the planet.

    We must put God in the driver’s seat. God isn’t our co-pilot; He is the divine architect and master of everything. He has the plan to redeem creation and all His children and the power to do it.

    As we move forward into this new part of the century, let’s endeavor to put Him back in the driver’s seat, on the throne of our lives and allow Him free rein to conform us into the likeness of His Son.

    May Jesus reign. May His will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

    Praise His name.

    Be blessed, 

    Kevin

    Gleanings From The Word – Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

    Some suggested reading

    Perseverance – a Christian virtue

    The gospel – the best news you will ever hear

    Some things’ are not as they appear

    Tribulation produces perseverance

  • Enter through the narrow gate – know the truth

    Enter through the narrow gate – know the truth

    As we turned the bend, the path suddenly narrowed. A giant  cedar and a smaller maple formed a gate of sorts. I had to stop and take a photo.

    As I stood, several thoughts ran through my brain. First were Jesus’ words, “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Matthew 7:13-14

    His meaning was clear, as the only path to salvation, many will opt for other “ways”, none of which have the power to save. While glory will hold untold numbers of people, it will still only have a remnant of those that God opened the door for.

    Then my thoughts drifted to a magical realm. If you step past the tree gate, everything changes. On the other side are wondrous new things and beings. The gate may appear in an upcoming children’s story.

    There is also a sense that the idea holds true in the spiritual realm. We enter through the narrow gate and, as believers, are given the Spirit. We begin to be transformed into the image of Christ. We have entered the kingdom of God, albeit not in its fullness.

    We cannot see all that is to come, but we know it will be marvelous.

    But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 1 Corinthians 2:7-10

    For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12

    Believers have passed through the doorway from Spiritual death to life. We will pass through the doorway into physical death to be resurrected to be with Him in a place too incredible to describe, and too marvelous to comprehend fully… yet.

    Believers have nothing to fear from death. Non-believers have much to fear. If you have not yet done so, I encourage you to seek and take the narrow path with Jesus.

    Praise God for His love gift.

    Be blessed, 

    Kevin

    Gleanings From The Word – Experience an extraordinary God in ordinary life. 

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    All contents, “Gleanings From The Word” and “Experience an Extraordinary God in Ordinary Life,” are © 2001, 2025 K.F. “Kevin” Corbin, Gleanings From The Word. 

    Unless otherwise noted, “Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

    From Gleanings From The Word (Kevin Corbin, 2001– ), a Scripture-based devotional work.