THE STEERING WHEEL

L.
I have travelled with You from birth
Letting You ride as a passenger
Your messenger’s voice reaching my stubborn ears
Yet never letting You near my steering wheel

O.
I wonder why You have stayed with me till death
Always revealing the futures that concern me
Never acting like a stranger
Always saving me from danger
And shielding me from hearts that find me strangely queer

R.
Even when my choices
Have strangled Your cautious voices
I have always felt You watching over me
Through my stubborn doing-it-myselfing

D.
Today like the prodigal son I confess I have failed
Yet like a loving father You have always bailed
Your wayward daughter out of troubles untold
So at last I surrender my pride and control
And hand over to You my steering wheel

T.
Oh Grand Overseer
Please take over my steering wheel
And drive me home where my restless soul
Can find its peace and be made whole
To Your tranquil and free spirited abode
Where weary hearts find rest along the road

A.
Omnipotent Redeemer do take my steering wheel
And drive me through the bumps that make me reel
Through the accidents and provocations on this road
Lead me through the wreckage and lighten my load
Lead me past the signs my weary eyes can no longer read
Until I find the rest that I desperately need

K.
For I am too tired to do the rest
Too confused to discern what is best
Too exhausted to wrestle with my ego
Too weary to pretend that I know

E.
So I bow before Your greatness
The unseen presence I feel in my weakness
I kowtow before the sacred signature of God
Whose hand I know though unseen I trod
Whose presence I feel though my eyes have never beheld
Whose love has kept me when my strength has failed

O.
Take my heart Otwereduampong
Take over my mind Odomankoma
Take over my spirit Onyankopong
Take over my soul Abrempong Hene
Let every part of me answer to Your name
And let my surrender never be the same

V.
For I have driven through my whole life
Yet so often I have met taunting strife
Even victories have tasted like losses
And every triumph has come at a cost
The wearying strain of will and might
The endless battle to be wrong or right

V.
So I surrender my steering wheel
Take the driver’s seat and teach me to feel
The peace of trusting You along this road
And resting my burdens as You lighten my load
No longer must I know every turn
No longer must I force every door
Teach me to trust when the road disappears
To wait when the way ahead is unclear
And to rest when I can bear no more

R.
Lord God my Merciful Host
I am now like a dying plant
So take over my can’t and weed out my shan’t
And mend the broken places where my strength has gone
Ahunuabobirim ei please take the wheel
For I am ready to surrender and heal
I am ready to follow wherever You lead
And trust in Your wisdom to meet every need
Lead me at last where my restless heart can roam
For I am ready to be led
…home
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © October 17 2026