One night, alone in my bed, after an exhausting week long joint-military training with the British and US Army, I hit a plateau. I realized that I was driving my life in circles; it felt like I had already been around the block and back. I re-evaluated my whole life, and looked ahead to where else I would like to go. What else should I be doing? Where else should I explore? What else should I learn? How else should I grow in my faith?
It was the moment of truth when I finally realized that I needed to freely give the key to my life to my Lord Jesus Christ, trusting and believing with all my being. It was a turning point when I invited Jesus as a Person into my life to be my Lord and Saviour—to be the driver, while I remained as the passenger in this journey called life.
Even though my faith about who Jesus Christ was always with me, I was the one in charge of my life, buckled tightly in the driver’s seat while He sat patiently to accompany me in the passenger’s seat. I realized that I had a map in one hand, and the other on the steering wheel, pretending to know where I was going, and attempting to plan the best routes I should follow in my life.
From then on, I realized the Person behind the story, a living active Person that can be encountered by anyone who has a desire and open heart to meet Him spiritually. I guess, I finally got frustrated and was honest enough to ask Jesus to reveal Himself to me in the way I would understand.
Further more, He brought me up to a different and new level of awareness that I had never thought existed. It was a crossroad in my life that I am thankful to have had the grace to respond with an open heart, mind, and soul.
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