Driving

I am probably going to be guilty of over-spiritualizing this concept, but hang with me and see if I can make this analogy.

This morning I was driving home from taking my little brother to a test.
About halfway home, I began noticing some extremely impatient drivers around me.
Most of them would get right up on someones tail, and then make a quick maneuver around them and speed away. Some made split second decisions. Some made decisions in the nick of time to avoid disaster.
All were impatient. All were trying to get somewhere faster.

And I began to think: isn't this the way that many of us live?
We are impatient people who try to hurry the process. We tap our foot repeatedly while standing in line at the grocery story so we can hurry up and get out the door. We have invented microwaves so we can cook our food faster. We live in an instantaneous society...we want everything...and we want it NOW.
Often, we fail to live with any vision.
We drive ourselves as fast as we can and then we make a herky jerky move at the last possible second as we change lanes.
Everything goes smoother if we drive steadily and plan ahead.
The Bible says in Proverbs: "For lack of vision the people perish."
Could this frighteningly be true of us? For lack of our vision, we perish?
Because we love to run through life so quickly, have we missed the main thing?
Have we missed Jesus in our haste to live life quickly?
Whatever happened to patience and waiting on Jesus?
What's wrong with slowing down and simplifying our lives?
I dare to say that we all need to slow down, simplify and live with clarity and vision...or else, we may perish.