Autoshop Ministries Episode 11 - Are We There Yet? Mastering the Middle of Your Journey

Yeah, man, I want to talk to people today and really want to set it up with a question.

It's, are we there yet? And it's funny because if you are familiar with road trips or if you're familiar with having any kids, like I got small kids and, you know, we do some road trips every now and then, not too far because...

When I was a kid, we did road trips all the time.

So now I low key, I kind of sort of possibly hate road trips a little bit.

Like anything, you know, for the people out there that are listening, anything that's over four hours, put me on a flight.

Anybody that loves road trips, I just want to let you know right now, you are not my type of people.

Like, I don't want to be in a car.

I don't want, there's only so many Capri Suns I can drink.

Like there's only so many goldfish I can go through.

So, you know, but what I realized is when I'm asking this question, are we there yet as a kid? You know, it really annoyed my parents because you would ask in 10 minutes and then you would ask 10 minutes later and then we're on like a 16 hour trip to Chicago.

It's like we're like, please just stop asking because we're not there yet.

But.

Now that my kids ask me, I understand what that feels like.

They're just fatigued from the journey.

And so I want to talk to people who are on the journey.

I want to talk to people who are not necessarily where they started, but not necessarily where they're going to end up or what the vision is or the dream is or the result is or the promises.

So I want to talk today from this topic of are we there yet? And actually, the Bible has a lot to say about this.

So I want to go to Philippians chapter number three and start in verse 13 and 14.

This is two of my favorite verses in the entire Bible.

Says this, brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet.

I love that word yet.

But one thing I do, forgetting what lies behind me and reaching forward to what lies ahead.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God and Jesus Christ.

That's Philippians 3, 13 and 14.

You know, what's interesting about this is Paul is writing this and he literally is telling everybody, I haven't gotten there yet.