Kruger Traffic

 

When driving around Kruger National Park on the lookout for the big cats and dogs, nothing raises hope quite as much as seeing a car stopped on the side of the road. And as you drive closer and see camera lenses and binoculars all pointing in the same direction, you know you’re onto something good. Your heart begins to race. You sit up straighter, take off your sunglasses for a clearer view, get the camera ready, and start looking harder in the direction they seem to be pointing in.

But more often than not, it’s nothing interesting or nothing at all. All that build up and excitement for a silly little monkey in a tree or perhaps the most common Kruger sighting, an impala. It’s such a letdown! These people, with their simple act of stopping, promised so much that resulted in so little. It’s really not good for the heart! I know my family has done the same to people when we’ve parked in the shade to have lunch. They’d drive up expectantly and see us eating, then mutter, “net piekniek” and drive off disappointed.

Oh but the joy that comes when they say something along the lines of “Leopard” or “Wild dog”. You follow their gaze and see the most beautiful creations of our God. And as they drive off, you now become the pointer to the sighting. Your joy and hope are fulfilled. It’s a magnificent thing!

Matthew 5:14-16

 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Where have you stopped the car of your life? What is your life pointing to? When people drive up to you do they simply see you munching away, focused on nothing, and leave disappointed? Or does your life point to something, to Someone, great and beautiful?

You are being watched. Let your life point to Jesus and lead others to see and enjoy Him. And as you move on to new stuff in God, those people will lead others to see Jesus. Start a movement by parking your life in Jesus and turning your focus on Him. People will see and the world will be changed.

How’s this for a dream:

Zechariah 8:23

“…ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of [insert name] by the hem of [his/her] robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.”