“Let’s examine for a moment this idea of dependence at the level of everyday living. In this area it is startling to discover how dependent we really are, and how unconscious of that dependence. Every modern house has electric wiring carrying power and light to its interior. We are delighted with this dependence; our main hope is that nothing will ever cut off the supply of current. By so accepting our dependence upon this marvel of science, we find ourselves more independent personally. Not only are we more independent, we are even more comfortable and secure. Power flows just where it is needed. Silently and surely, electricity, that strange energy so few people understand, meets our simplest daily needs, and our most desperate ones, too. Ask the polio sufferer confined to an iron lung who depends with complete trust upon a motor to keep the breath of life in him.” (Twelve Steps and Twelve Decisions)
The driver of the car has to keep his eye on the road and has constant decisions. The passenger can get on with activities. The discipline of allowing God to run my life at the top level gives me far more freedom at the day-to-day level. I do not need to keep my eye on the road or make constant decisions. I can get on with the content whilst God handles the form.