The Glory Belongs to Another

 

 On my way to work this morning, I was driving into what I would call a Chaff Storm of what looked like straw and dust.  I'm sure it came from a truck similar to the one in the first picture here.  To give you an idea of what I was driving through, I have placed the second picture here. 

 

Now imagine that you can see the faint outline of a tractor-trailer through all of that dust.  I was sure that once the truck or I made a change in direction, I would see a flatbed truck loaded down with some type of bale.  But when we got to the interstate on ramp and he went a different direction that I, I was shocked to discover that he was not carrying anything like that at all and was, in fact, hauling a closed box trailer.  The truck in front of me was simply driving through the chaff left by someone else and stirring up a cloud for me to drive through.

As often is the case, I was almost to work when the thought occurred to me that God might be teaching me something here.  Could it be?  Well, perhaps not, but if I had to draw some sort of life lesson here I think I'd take it in this direction.

We can easily be deceived by the stuff flying around us and convince ourselves that we are the source of all the activity.  For instance, I may have some young people in my youth group who are being drawn closer to God and my own children may be growing in their faith.  Other folks in my church may be experiencing something great in their walks with Christ and I may even be experiencing a personal revival of sorts. But I would be wrong in my deduction that this was all because of something I possess as a man.  We must remember that we are "nothing" without Jesus.  All that is done "in us", "through us" or "around us" that is of any importance is Jesus Christ.  Apart from Him, we can do nothing. 

That truck sure did throw a lot of chaff around the countryside, but the source was an entirely different truck.  He was just driving through.  Let us remember that all of the glory belongs to God.  He will share it with us, but we can;t forget that we are simply driving through His glory and stirring it up.

Peace, Dave