Pulling Against the Leash

(I posted this a couple years ago and thought it would be appropriate to post again. The only difference is now instead of sitting down and pulling against the leash I feel as though I am running away and by the grace of God the leash is holding me back)

If you have ever had a dog you have experienced times when she pulls against the leash. You want to take her on a walk, but she digs her feet in and won't move - she tries to pull backwards, even to the point of sitting down. As I was praying tonight God put this picture in my head. I'm not sure yet how I am supposed to interpret it. But I started thinking about why the dog pulls like this - well, it's because their owner is trying to take them somewhere they don't want to go.

Why don't they want to go? Because they are stubborn - and they are comfortable where they are - the feel safe at home. And they don't trust us. We want to take them on a walk or to the vet because these things are good for them, or we want to take them to the park, a place we know they would love maybe even more than where they are now, but they just don't know it.

I think we are often like this with God - he wants to lead us somewhere and we dig our feet in and pull against the leash.