Straightening Out the Rabbit Trail

This morning as I was walking Jack, way before the sun peaked over the horizon, he sniffed out a rabbit trail. Now, the question needs to be asked, have you ever watched a rabbit dart across the yard? They don't go in a straight line. They zig and zag, constantly changing direction as they hop, hop, hop away from their perceived danger to a place they deem relatively safe.  Often we see them zipping across the driveway from the field when we come home at night.


So, as Jack sniffed out his newfound adventure this morning, he was all over the place. Nose to the ground, he went this way and that trying to find his little furry friend.


As he played around, I looked up at the stars still bright in the very early morning sky. I watched an airplane way, way up there and wondered what type of adventures await the people aboard and where they might be going. I pulled my new warm, fuzzy robe a little tighter against the wind and looked toward the east.


And there it was. The morning star. Bright and beautiful. Where it always is. Steady and sure. Reliable. Marking the end of the darkness just before the sun brightens the day.


Jesus. Always right there. Exactly where He's always been. Bright and beautiful. Reliable. He marks the end of the darkness of my sin and brightens my life with the light of His truth.


Yet, here we are, darting around like a little bunnies. Hopping from one trail to the other. Perhaps we are trying to escape our perceived danger (sin) and constantly change direction because we are depending on our own selves and thinking we have to make our own way in this life. But we don't.


We have our Morning Star. Jesus uses the term in reference to himself. Revelation 22:16 - "I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star." One Native American site I read said this, "The morning star is a symbol of hope and guidance."


And here is our AhHa moment, people! Our hope is in Jesus and he guides us down the path of life. Proverbs 3:6 - In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.


II Corinthians 1:10 - On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.


Psalm 119: 105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.


Read your Bible, friend. Learn God's word. Put your trust in him and him alone. It's time we stopped running around this world like rabbits running from the danger of the night. Our hope is in Christ.


Ask yourself this question today:


If I was the only way someone was going to find Jesus, would they have to chase a detached, disrupted trail or would my life lead them directly to Christ? It's time to take the path He has prepared for you and get off the bunny trail.