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“Who’s going to drive?” That was the question Dave and I were debating. And after the debate was over, we got a pretty good laugh out of it. Dave was new on our staff in the New York area at the time, and soon after he arrived we got, shall we call it, an “enlightened” look at each other’s personality. We were headed up to this retreat center for a day of prayer and planning, and we got to the parking lot and said in unison, “Well, who’s going to drive?” It turned out we both wanted to.

As we talked about that during the trip, we started to analyze why we both hate to ride and why we both love to drive. I guess it’s often true of people in leadership; we like to be able to control where things are going, and how fast we’re going to get there. Well, of course, we ended up falling all over each other saying, “You drive,” “No, you drive,” “No, you drive.” You know what? That’s not such a bad idea.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft and I want to have A Word With You today about “Letting Go of the Wheel.”

Our word for today from the Word of God: we’re in Numbers 13:16 - a turning point in the life of one of God’s great leaders, Joshua. One reason He was great might be because of what happened on this particular day. “These are the names of the men Moses sent to explore the land” the Bible says. And then it just talks about one of them. “Moses gave Hoshea the name Joshua.” You might look at that and say, “This is sort of like a genealogy; it’s just a name thing, right? Why is that important? Hoshea…Joshua, who cares?

As you know, when God changes someone’s name in the Bible, it’s always important. You have to know what the words mean in order to understand the significance of it. Hoshea, which was his given name, means “deliverer.” The name that he was changed to, Joshua – the name by which we know him – means “salvation is from the Lord.” In essence, Joshua grew up with the name saying, “I deliver.” Moses said, “No, I want to change your name to “God delivers.”

I think Joshua realized after that that he was not the controller. He wasn’t meant to drive. That’s especially significant if you tend to be a controlling person. Are you the type of person who tries to control your children’s lives a little bit so they’ll do what you think they should? Or maybe you try to control your mate so he or she will do what you think they should. Or you try to control the people you work with or who work for you. Are you the kind of person who decides what the outcome should be, and then maybe you sort of manipulate whatever you have to in order to make that outcome happen?

Your attitude, because you are a leadership type person, is “It’s up to me. Hey, I’ve got to make it happen!” Aren’t you getting tired? Aren’t you worn out from trying to do God’s job? I’ve gotten that way. He changed Hoshea, “I have to deliver,” to Joshua, “the Lord delivers.” So Joshua would never forget who wins the battles. And that’s true of your battles now too.

You know, I’ve been driving at times when my wife could tell that I was probably about to fall asleep at the wheel no matter what I tried. And she’d just keep going, “You want me to drive? Would you let me drive?” Probably just before we became a National Safety Council statistic, I’d pull over and I would let her drive. And boy, I was asleep before we pulled away from the side of the road.

God’s been saying for a long time, “Let go of that wheel. If you keep driving you’re going to crash this thing. Would you let go of the wheel?” Maybe God’s saying you were never meant to drive. Why don’t you become Joshua - the Lord delivers? Let go of the wheel! Hear God saying, “Relax and leave the driving to Me!”

The most patriotic thing you can do this month is have a broken heart for the 330 million people who need a Savior.

Notes:

Psalm 127:1 (NKJV)
Unless the LORD builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the LORD guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.
 
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Luke 19:40 (NKJV)
But He answered and said to them, “I tell you that if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out.”

A nation where the gospel can be freely preached is worth fighting for.
 
 Jesus came to deal with sin.
He came to bring spiritual restoration.
He came to rule as an Eternal King.
 
The Terms of Peace
Luke 19:41–44
 
Matthew 23:37–38 (NKJV)
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate.”
 
Luke 19:42 (NKJV)
“If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.”
 
“Jesus knew that their desire for a political Messiah would bring total destruction in less than a generation.”  —David Guzik
 
The most patriotic thing you can do today is to have a broken heart for the 330 million people who need a Savior.
 
Read Luke 19:45-48
 
Cleansing the Temple
Luke 19:45–48
 
The revolution Jesus came to start was never going to begin in the halls of government. It has always started with His people.
 
“To the distinguished Character of Patriot, it should be our highest Glory to add the more distinguished Character of Christian.”  —George Washington

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)
If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
 
 Are we desperate enough?
 
America is not an accident, and her best days will not be determined in Washington; it will be by all of us.
 
Psalm 139:23–24 (NKJV)
Search me, O God, and know my heart;
Try me, and know my thoughts;
And see if [there is any] wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

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Does America no longer feel like home? Widespread divorce rates, the erosion of traditional marriage, the popular rise of radical ideologies, attacks on faith, and government interference are only a few of the factors contributing to the struggles of families in our culture. But it doesn't have to be this way. Dr Ben Carson joins us today to give us the facts, inspiration, and theory-to-action answers we need to restore a key foundation of America: the family.

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