FOLLOW THE LEADER

I was driving down the road today and looked to my left and saw what seemed like a scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. There were as least two to three gazillion small black birds in a parking lot and driveway of a business. Then, as we have all seen before, one bird, took off and the entire gazillion took off too into what looked like a rehearsed aerial show. They ducked and weaved and swooped and dove all with the precision of the Blue Angels.

A few hours later, I came back by that same spot and every one of those birds were still there. All, in mass, were sitting on top of the roof of a convenience store. The roof was completely full of the birds sitting side by side, row by row. The leader sat so bird after bird plopped their winged backside in their assigned spot.

This got me thinking about God. Am I in sync with Him? When he moves, do I keep my eyes on him? When my life tumbles and loops and twists us around, do I have my eyes on my Leader? When he is still, am I? Will He lead me to my intended destination?

I’m sure the birds were on their winter trek south for the winter and maybe they stopped at the convenience store for a potty break and a drink. Or maybe there was some “birdie Morse Code” that told them to relax and sit a spell.

I’ll go by tomorrow to see if they’re still there. And I will remind myself the same as my “car ride devotional”—to “follow my leader.”