Lent is a time to strip ourselves of all that is unessential and focus on the one essential thing in our life. This can be a bit unnerving, as we courageously remove the training wheels and trust the work of God to keep us balanced. The result: we move faster, easier, and with far more agility.
At times our training wheels are taken off by our Father, who only wants us to learn to ride on our own and trust in Him. He knows when we are ready, because he has prepared us for this day. He realizes that we might fall and bang ourselves up a bit, but he will swoop us up and put us back on the bike and watch us succeed.
Of course, when we've fallen off we may very well be embarrassed and upset at the Father for letting us go crashing to the ground. We might stomp away and let our shame and fear stop us from getting back up. But, when we are ready, and we ask Him to help us once again, He'll be there.
This time, trusting Him, we will ride far and fast. We will always know that it was Our Father that got us this far, Our Father who watches our every move, Our Father who will be there to pick us up, and Our Father who will help us over our next obstacle: letting go of the handle bars?!
What training wheels do you need to let God remove? Have you returned to ask Him to help you back up?
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