Friday, May 21: Tires!

Today, I put new tires on my truck. The tread was extremely worn, one of the tires needed to be refilled with air every couple weeks and another tire had a cut in the sidewall for over a year. It doesn’t matter how expensive your car or truck is. Without a good set of tires, it isn’t going to take you very far. Though even new tires can have blowouts, we tend to trust a new tire much more readily at high speeds or on bumpy terrains. The last set of tires carried me to some special places, and I hope that I will be able to say the same about this set of tires.


Do you know the feeling of wearing an old, worn out pair of tennis shoes? They make knees ache, joints hurt and by the end of the day, your legs are exhausted. In the same manner, a new set of tires gives new life to the car. It corners better, gets better traction in the snow or rain and makes the ride so much smoother.


Jesus is more concerned with the way we walk than the way we ride! Our walks with Him shouldn’t wear out like a set of tires or a pair of shoes. Instead, daily they should improve by drawing closer to Him.


8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
James 4:8


It’s amazing to think of the relationship Adam had with God in the pre-sin Garden of Eden. He walked with God and talked with God. There isn’t a better way to get to know someone than the close fellowship of a walk together. Each Friday, I walk up a 2-mile steep hill with a tennis student for exercise and the only time that the conversation wanes is when we get out of breath from the ascending. As believers, when we walk with God, we spend time talking to Him and listening to Him. How can we know Him without that communication? Yet after sin entered the picture, man never had that same relationship with God again. Moses could talk to God, but not look upon the Lord. We can walk with God, as He is living inside of each of us as believers.


Someday, we will see His face. I can’t begin to imagine what He will look like, but I know that His eyes will have a sweetness and gentleness far-surpassing my imagination.


10 “And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.
Zechariah 12:10


We all were present at the crucifixion of our Lord as our sins put Him there. It sounds like in the future, He will retain those scars of the wounds He received instead of us. Keep your walk with Him, your eyes upon Him and never depart! He will put air in your tires and soles on your shoes, as Jesus is the only Soul Man! That’s where the rubber meets the road!