November 25, 2025 – Driving Lessons

Driving Lessons
November 25, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     Driving in most cities today requires considerably more concentration than in the past. This is due to several things. One, there are more drivers on the road today. If you go into any good-sized city around noon, you will know exactly what I mean. There are hundreds of people trying to get somewhere in a hurry. Two, I am getting older. My reflexes are not as quick as they used to be, and my patience seems to have shortened at times as well. Third, according to most drivers, everyone else on the road is stupid, except for them. So, with hundreds of people driving on the same roads, and many with short tempers, what keeps traffic going? It is the traffic laws. These laws tell us when and how long to wait at a light and who goes first at a four-way stop. There are hundreds of these laws written that we are supposed to know. Surprisingly, we seem to know most of them.

 

     How did we get so smart? Was it by sitting down and memorizing all those laws? Well, for some, maybe, but most of us learned them by seeing that these laws made sense. We see reminder signs along the roads. We have found out how these laws work together for all of us. A special person with flashing lights on top of their car taught us some of the laws. If this happened to you, I bet you drove away thinking, “Oh boy, I learned another lesson!” Yeah right. You were most likely upset you were caught, just like everyone else. However, as we mature, most of us realize that even the laws we do not like have a purpose.

 

     The same is true in life. When God allows things into our lives that hurt, it never seems fair. However, God teaches us something with every situation in life. Sometimes, He is simply saying, “Trust Me.”

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

    With every trial in life, there is a lesson to be learned or a character to be developed. As God molds us into who He needs us to be, we must accept that He is doing this for His good first and ours also. He made all the statutes, or rules, so we could all get where we are going in life safely and according to His plan. The question here might be Where are you going? God will get you there if you let Him lead.

 

So, where is God leading you in life?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself what MY THOUGHTS are concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME: November 25, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Ezekiel 29, 30 / Psalm 119:65-80
Proverbs 25 / Colossians 3, 4

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Ezekiel 32-35  /  1 Peter 1