The Convergence

I have realized over the past few years that I hate driving in traffic. When I do drive I want to know what lane to be in way before I get to the turn I need to take. I recently turned sixty. Some great friends sneaked a party in on me but other than that there hasn't been much difference between sixty and fifty...except for the driving part. Whether it's age or wisdom I'm not sure but I know I didn't used to be like this. As I'm thinking on aging and remembering the traffic I recently had to tolerate as I drove into town I'm also reminded of a dream I had sometime during my waking hours this morning. It snapped back into my mind just as vividly as when I first woke to the words "They Do Know".

I am facing a sea of people at a Y in the road. The main road expands and grows wider as it leads to the left. There is a road veering to the right that narrows down to the equivalent of two lanes. While I'm looking, my view rises as if watching from a drone. The narrow road winds up a mountain and eventually into the morning mist. The wide road continues up a slow but steady grade with bridges crossing both small dips and great divides. As I rise higher my view becomes broader and I see that the steady grade begins to descend into a fog of it's own. The underside of each bridge reveals cracks and patches supported by broken beams. They are literally held together with braces and assorted clamps. Flowing under each bridge, whether large or small, is that same thick, menacing fog, rolling and churning as if it has a life of it's own. I become alarmed and start back for the Y in the road saying "They must know!". Then came the solemn reply: "They do know."

For the first time I see the big picture...the whole earth, as far as I can see in all directions. People are on different roads but headed toward this large mountainous region I'm now looking over. The roads lead into the valley below. All along the traveled routes are visible, accessible stations with people handing out maps and answering questions. Some roads are short, some long, but each road, each crook and turn, eventually converges in the valley and leads to the very same Y. At the Y the majority of the traffic goes left. I can tell some folks are just caught in the flow of the traffic and take a U-turn as they realize their error. Most don't...even though at each U-turn there are clear warning signs of what lies ahead. Both roads are visible from the other but it's obvious to all who will look that the wide road is unstable and doomed to fail - it's just a matter of time.

As I am thinking on the dream this morning I glance at my "verse for the day":

"For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time." I read it again more intently, with the last part being highlighted in my mind... "This has now been witnessed to at the proper time." I then thought of the scripture "Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision." and immediately after that Christ's words "wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction".

My directive became clear: I must no longer be focused on the Y but rather on the converging point that leads to the Y. I must be a station that points out the instability of the wide road. If I put up one more caution sign maybe there will be those who get in the right lane and won't get caught up in the massive traffic flow to the left.

Whether you believe it or not, time is drawing short and eternity is closing in. Just as in my dream of the roads, there is a converging of prophecy in the last few years that has never been seen before. It has never been as obvious to man as now, if we will just pay attention to the signs, that something has to give. Even nature is crying out for redemption! We all know this earthly road will eventually end. Each of us have directions and the GPS to lead us home. Any way you look at it navigating is difficult but after you make a wrong turn it's much harder to go against the traffic. The question is, although you have already heard, will you now listen?

Scripture references: I Timothy 2:5-6, Joel 3:14, Matthew 7:13

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