“…no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.” Ephesians 4:14

It just so happened that I was in the middle lane of a 3 lane highway moving at the speed limit of 55 mph. While I was coming up on a merge from the right… and an eventual reduction into a 2 lane highway, I was unconcerned, having done it thousands of times before. It was then that I saw the smashed bottle, wildly dancing in the center of the road! “Oooo,” I thought. “A metaphor!”

The speed of the traffic caused air currents to spin wildly out of any kind of long term prediction. As a car passed the bottle on the right, the helpless debris was thrust to the left. When a left side car hit the bottle’s position, it responded by veering to the right. Interestingly enough, as the dozens of cars passed, there was no way to determine where the bottle would ultimately come to rest.

There was no doubt the bottle was litter. Also no doubt that WHERE or HOW it got there in the first place would ever be discovered, recorded or told. Was it deliberately tossed out by an unlawful and unconcerned citizen? Was it an accident… maybe falling from a recycling truck or dropped by someone who later became thirsty, but then had no way to satisfy their thirst?

Deep pondering would have to wait because I was in traffic with far more important things upcoming which required my full attention. So I drove… and the bottle danced! But because the bottle lacked a soul and spirit, it’s fate was really of no concern to anyone… including me. But the metaphor started to form when a question popped into mind. What if it HAD a soul or spirit?

There are BILLIONS of people on this planet, and the currents of peoples, governments, groups and individuals blow in all directions. For every thought or idea, there is a counter. Being created as an individual with free will, I am left to decide my own fate. I am not junk or trash, but made for the highest possible honor above every other creature. While winds blow ideas, God awaits my choice!

All the traffic was moving in the same direction, at the same speed. Larger vehicles created more disruption and, like doctrines, had greater influence over the bottle. But when it comes to MY direction of choice for a forever location, my Creator had a PARTICULAR goal in mind from the very start… to make me HIS Child… FOREVER! I am no accident. Neither are you!

Are YOU flowing with His Spirit and goal in mind?