Living at the End of the Lane/Line

I guess I don’t know where this title is coming from or going to.  So if you are still reading it might be interesting to stick around and find out.  Usually I start these blogs with a title or I simply start from the second line; the one after the title line then settle on the title from the body.

So then I will try to turn this into a word picture instead of an essay.  To start with let us discriminate between a piece of roadway that is called a street and that of a lane.  To start with imagine the street, it has buildings on either side of the road, in all probability there is parking on both sides of the road, and many streets even have regular traffic control devices. 

On the other hand a lane is far more rural, it will accommodate two cars meeting at a pinch and everyone breathes in when they share the road.  Laneways are quiet while streets are invariably fairly busy, the difference between these qualities is very much a personal choice; for mine I think I prefer the lane atmosphere to the street.

At the end of the lane there is usually a few buildings that are tending to be weather beaten or showing the signs of age but there is also an atmosphere of peace and quiet.  A place to be still and come to terms with our Maker

Ok second concept, life at the end of the line.  Many people tend to think that they have a God given right to be at the head of any line and when they discover they aren’t they believe they have a reserve right to barge in and ingratiate themselves wherever they feel fit.

Word pictures sorted, if so then, let’s see where they take us.  I think there is one other picture I need to paint at the moment I am feeling somewhat below par at the moment.  My confession is not an attempt at pity but it may explain the reason why I couldn’t see the link between the Lane and the Line. Now I think I know where this write is meant to go.

Both these words have a significant level of God word and application.  One of the most fundamental applications and most common is God’s call to us to “Be still” and the reason is the second part of the phrase which completes it for us, the why of the statement.  Father challenges us to be still why then He focuses us with “and know that I am God”.  This places the relationship between Father and us on the level of submission to His Word.  Of course this relationship is not burdensome for us as the amount we submit is the amount that Father lifts us up in our living for Him.

The second concept comes from the time of Jesus, in our wisdom, and the latter prophets of the Old Testament.  We are not to esteem ourselves too highly.  We are to, as Nahum puts it, in Nah 6:8, “do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly with our God”.  The Master picked up on these concepts extensively during His years of ministry.  If Jesus was prepared to submit to the Father’s Rescue Plan and place, figuratively, Himself on the cross for us then how can we not respond in a similar vein to His love.

Thank God He made a way for us and made sense of the title even before I understood what the title meant.