I hate going the speed limit. The restraint and the feeling of someone telling me what speed to go isn't something I am good at following... sorry dad. I see this affecting more than just my daily commute. I see it in my faith. Now I don't want you getting the wrong idea, I am not a rebellious human, I just like to go at my own pace. The thing is, doing life with Jesus each day isn't a “get there as fast as possible” drive. I am learning it is more like Him waiting outside my house in his car, shooting me a text saying, “I am here”, and hopping in the passenger seat.

I don’t often enjoy going places when others are driving.
I think it's a control thing. 

But Jesus picks us up and asks us if we want to go with him, not knowing the final destination. He definitely takes the backroads and not the highway. I picture Jesus driving a jeep, no doors, and no roof, going nowhere fast. With Him, there is nothing stopping you from taking in all the things around along the way to our next stop.

I had a jeep, and the gas goes quick let me tell ya. When you drive it frequently you definitely need to fill up. The same goes for our faith.

Something I am learning is that with God, we don't have to pay for our own gas. We have to fill ourselves up to be able to take what Jesus offers us to all people! He doesn’t want us to get our quick $5 fill of faith, because that will quickly run out. He wants the, “fill till full...and then some” faith. He wants us to be filled up completely each day, and then go get your gas cans from your shed and fill those up and take them to others who have run out of fuel, or run out of faith.

There is something I am coming to love about Jesus and His pace. His steps aren’t always where we’d go, or at the speed we would like to go, but He knows what He is doing. When we let God set the pace of our lives more growth comes from the walk. There are often seasons that I would rather sprint through, but those are the exact seasons God wants to slow me down. I learn more from a slower pace, and just like a marathon runner, He builds up an endurance in me to be able to keep moving at his pace of grace.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had.

Romans 15:5 NIV

I love Jesus and His pace. Oh man it is hard, but it is good.