Before I knew it, a car came up beside me on the highway. They sped ahead, but not by much. A few moments later, I found myself gradually catching up to them. Then they accelerated again. Before long, we were caught in that familiar dance of passing one another over and over.
Eventually, I adjusted my speed. I settled into a steady pace instead of constantly responding to what the other driver was doing. The drive immediately felt calmer.
It made me think about pace cars.
In racing, a pace car doesn't compete with the drivers. Its role is to lead them safely, establish an appropriate speed, and help everyone stay together until it's time to move forward again.
Transitions often require something similar.
When our lives are changing, it's easy to let someone else's pace determine our own. We watch a friend who seems to have already found a new job. Someone else announces their engagement. Another person launches a business, moves across the country, retires, or begins an exciting new ministry. Without realizing it, we begin adjusting our speed to keep up.
We push ourselves because we feel like we're falling behind.
We rush decisions because someone else has already made theirs.
We compare our timeline with everyone else's.
The result? We become emotionally exhausted from trying to keep pace with lives we were never meant to follow.
What if, instead, you had a pace setter?
Someone who helps you slow down when you're moving too fast.
Someone who encourages you to take the next step—not all the steps.
Someone who reminds you that transition isn't a race to the finish line but a process of becoming.
This is one of the beautiful gifts of coaching. Rather than telling you where you should be, a coach walks alongside you, helping you discover the pace that aligns with your values, your season, and what God is doing in your life. Sometimes that pace feels slower than you'd like. Other times, it requires courage to move when you've been standing still.
Either way, it's your pace.
If you've found yourself caught in the comparison game or trying to keep up with everyone around you, perhaps today is an invitation to ease off the accelerator.
Take a deep breath.
Ask yourself:
Am I living at a pace that brings peace or pressure?
Whose pace am I trying to match?
What would it look like to embrace the pace God has set for this season?
The goal isn't to get somewhere first.
The goal is to become the person God is shaping you to be along the way.
Sometimes the wisest thing you can do in a season of transition is simply find the right pace—and faithfully keep moving forward, one steady mile at a time.
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