The moment I drove down the on-ramp on Interstate 65, I was greeted by a quagmire of cars, trucks and semi's all jostling for a better position. We all were literally at a stand-still, complicated by every driver vying for themself to somehow get ahead, and every driver realizing like at a crowded grocery store that they had chosen the wrong and slowest lane.
I have since forgotten now where I was headed that afternoon, but remember vividly the truck in front of my windshield.
On the back of the semi was a small sign that read: Ta Tado La Gloria Y Honora. It was not the name of the truck, nor the company hauling a product, but to what the driver was committed and how he drove and did his work.
I didn't understand it at all. It was written in a different language. But that didn't change the translation, nor what it was all about.
To You all the glory and honor
Having that sacred phrase before us --right in front of the windshield of our day --changes not just our attitude or perspective, but our hearts, our affections, and our view of God.
This is the bottom line, the journey, the whole point, whether I am cleaning nasty floors, or driving a huge semi through heavy traffic in the city, not just knowing what to do or how to do it, but to Whom.
It frees us to worship with reckless abandon, serve, work, witness, love, extend grace to those who cut us off or blow an angry horn at us, and bring the name of Jesus there. We can drive differently into our day. We can never know who is watching us, nor how they may be impacted by our transformed hearts in any kind of traffic jam we may find ourselves.
As poet Tyler Rogness so beautifully writes: "...reorienting our loves toward the One whom all the signposts point."
So, whether you eat or drink,
--or drive--
or whatever you do,
do all to the glory of God.
1 Corinthians10. 31
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