Expecting The Red Light

I am reading Justin Halpern's I Suck at Girls (who also wrote Sh*t My Dad Says) and I get to a chapter "sometimes you have to be hurled off a diving board against your will" in which Justin is retelling a story of his dad teaching him to drive. In this lesson Justin's dad would set up goals of driving from home to a place in ten minutes without breaking the law, with the pressure of having emergency scenarios. Justin stated that this type of pressure would not help him pass the driving test and his dad responded "I'm not teaching you to pass a test, I'm teaching you to drive." Justin's dad was teaching him to drive this way because his dad taught him to swim that way, which consisted of Justin being picked up by his swimming trunks and thrown off the diving board into the deep end (side note: I guess the best way to find out what is in you is to be forced to use it under extreme conditions i.e. young eagles pushed out of the nest). But back to the driving story, Justin is reaching his destination in good time before his ten minutes are up and he is noticing that one light before the street he is supposed to get to is still green. Now he begins to over think his situation and starts expecting the light to turn red. In a panic he starts slowing down while he's approaching the green and then hits the gas on yellow but by then the light turns red and Justin and his dad almost get into an accident.  Just think of what would have happened if he did not slow down at all. God gives us gifts and abilities and is right there with us, giving us wisdom and instructions and letting us know that we can go forward because we have the opportunity but we limit ourselves by over thinking and not understanding that God has put in us the ability to make the green light. Peter started walking on water but his expectation was that the wind and waves would make him sink and Jesus told him is all he had to do is have faith (Matthew 14:  22-33). We should have faith that we can walk on water and make that green light because God is right there with us every step of the way and the choice is up to us if we will go in faith or push on the breaks in fear but remember, in that decision, it will affect the destination on the other side because this is not about passing one test, this is about making the journey through life.