Come HERE

“When I say come, you come to where I AM, not where you think I am going.”  I am a (most of the time) proud new-dog owner of a 7-year old border collie.  This is a new dog experience for me as we grew up with a hound dog, so her temperament is very different.  She is by nature a herder.  I have been learning her personality more and more- and one of the funniest things is how she always tries to lead where we are going.  She likes to be with you (right at your feet) and thinks she knows where we are going.  The funny part is usually she gets it all wrong.  I need to go back and grab something (three times) or I turn off into a different room where I wanted to do some cleaning. 

I was trying to get her tied up on her lead so she could run further and explore, so I told her to “Come”- she bolted passed me up the steps as if she knew we were going inside.  Wrong.  I wanted to give her something better.  “Come to where I call you- not where you think we are going.”  I said those words and it struck me as something I absolutely do with God- I try and figure out what the next thing is and meet him there instead of going straight to where He called me.  I try and lead- but He knows where I need to go.  He knows if we forgot a few things and need to go back, or if we need to wait a little bit for a storm to pass, or if there is some organizing that needs to get done. 

So even though it can be frustrating at times, and we have almost tripped and fallen on each other as she runs past your feet, it’s a good reminder of how stubborn and silly I can be.  And how she always comes back to find me, because she would rather be where I am than alone by herself where she thought we were going.  (Exodus 33:15-16)