I left home for the airport at 4:25 yesterday morning and as I pulled out of the driveway and turned down the street, a full moon came into view as if it were parked at the end of the block. I felt like I could drive right up to the moon. It was a clear path all the way.

At that hour, it was also a clear path all the way to the nearest freeway, and because of that, I chose to take the more direct route, but one I rarely take because of all the traffic and slowing signal lights.

This morning, however, all lights were green. Every one. All the way up Pacific Coast Highway, every light was a green swish as I flew on by. It was an incredible feeling to know that even the green lights I could see up ahead would most likely still be green when I got there. Swish… swish… swish. All signal lights were green swishes.

This is a little like what living on the promises of God should be like.

“For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us… was not ‘Yes’ and ‘No,’ but in him it has always been ‘Yes.’ For no matter how many promises God has made, they are ‘Yes’ in Christ. And so through him the ‘Amen’ is spoken by us to the glory of God.” (2 Corinthians 1:19,20)

This means the promises of God are always “Yes,” without reservation. Not “Yes” some of the time, or “Yes” when you’re being a good boy, but “Yes” period.

The saying goes: life is tough, God is good, and I could use a lot more of the good part since it seems the tough has dominated as of late. But whose fault is that? The promises of God are still there even when life is difficult, so why not believe him, and act on them?

God is saying “Yes” over your life and mine. The lights are green. The word from God is “Go.” Be the one in your family to believe it for everyone else. Drive on, because the promises of God are all green swishes.