Today, I looked up to see blue lights in my rear view mirror. Wait…before you start to sympathize with me, let me tell you that I wasn’t the one they were after.
Seriously, what I’m about to tell you is like something out of the TV show COPS, so prepare yourself.
Here is how it went down: I was driving down Staples Mill Road in the West End of Richmond (total suburbia for those of you who don’t call Richmond home) when I saw a bunch of blue lights, chasing a beat up grey Chevy. The driver of this Chevy apparently noticed stopped traffic ahead and made a u-turn on two wheels (well, practically). He was now fast approaching me, with quite a cohort of police in marked and unmarked vehicles on his trail.
The light in front of me was red – and I was going nowhere fast. I watched with trepidation in my rear view mirror as the high-speed chase closed in on me. Thankfully, at the last minute, the Chevy opted for the far right turn lane. Even better, the police who were pursuing him all managed to miss my car, too, as they careened into the same lane to make a quick turn. The whole incident got me thinking.
It was so sensational; like something out of a movie, really. When do you ever see an actual high-speed chase except in a James Bond flick, or on the news? Maybe it’s that this chase unfolded right under my nose. Maybe it was all the blue lights. Something about the intensity of it spoke to my soul.
I’ve always known that God is pursuing each of us. I mean, the kind of relentless pursuit that you can sense. The kind of pursuit that, if you stop to examine your life, you may even be able to see. We worship One who adores us. Isn’t that amazing?
This big police chase left me wondering if I pursue God with that same blue light intensity. Do I chase Him with the unyielding passion that I should? Honestly, I’m sure that I don’t. Do I take risks to close in on His presence in a new way? Probably not enough.
How about you? It’s January, and everyone is thinking about new beginnings and resolutions. I am thinking about how to give God the kind of chase I witnessed today. Isn’t that what worship is all about?
