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Some people are having fun asking "What Would Jesus Drive?" One writer says it's a vintage Plymouth because the Bible says, "God drove Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden in a Fury." But some say that Psalm 83 indicates God drives a Pontiac and a Geo since it urges the Lord to, "Pursue your enemies with the Tempest and terrify them with your Storm." Some say it's a Dodge pick-up truck because in the Old Testament Yahweh warned Moses' followers not to go up a mountain until, "The Ram's horn sounds a long blast." Perhaps the Almighty uses an old AMC product says another writer because He promised to drive out Israel's enemies by sending the, "Hornet ahead of them." Some scholars say it was a Honda that Jesus did not prefer to discuss much. The Book of John quoted Jesus as saying, "For I did not speak of my own Accord." Indeed, some have written that Moses' chosen form of transportation may not even have been a car at all but an old British motorcycle as evidenced by the passage which says, "The roar of Moses' Triumph is heard in the hills." Truthfully though, there's nothing humorous about the current state of the automotive industry. What's happening is a big deal -- not because a manufacturer or two may go into bankruptcy, or some parts supply companies may have to close, or even because these companies' stock price is plummeting. It's a big deal because all of these things affect people!
People are what Christ cares about. People - they have families, lives, hopes, futures. I believe Christ cares very much about what's happening in this arena...He's even invited His people to "Cast all their cares upon Him for He cares for you" - 1 Peter 5:7. Go ahead and off-load your fears about the future if you and your family are being affected by the auto industry woes (or any other woes for that matter). But, may I also make this suggestion? In the midst of praying for God to save your job, protect your income, and provide for your family, would you also have enough faith to pray "Lord, nevertheless, not my will but thine be done."
Jesus prayed exactly that (Luke 22:42) in the midst of the most difficult and uncertain time of His life up to that point - in the Garden of Gethsemane knowing He was about to be betrayed and handed over to be crucified. And we know now what Jesus knew then - that God and God alone knows the way through this wilderness; that God and God alone knows what's best for everyone in this mess; that God and God alone "Works all things together for good to them that love God who are called according to His purpose" - Romans 8:28.
God has a plan, and we can be confident that it's a plan for our good and not for evil, whatever is to happen. Pouring out the desires of your heart to God is never a bad thing. But, let's be honest and admit that none of us knows the best thing to do in this complex issue. So, it's critically important that we express our faith in God to work it out, and then lean hard on Him in believing faith while He does.
That's doing something about the situation, because He is everything.
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