Each traffic light is the same. The rules of the road don't change from one city or state to another. Red means stop, yellow means caution, and green means go. Although drivers don't always respect the purpose behind each color the rule remains the same.God has his own traffic light signals that He gives us. There's times when we need to stop. Times when we need to slow down. And times when we get the go ahead to go. We'd be smart to obey each one for what they are. As with a real traffic light they are not suggestions on what we could do, they are signals that show us what we should do.
We can sit at the light and grumble about it changing colors or we can sit patiently and wait for the next signal from God. He's there to direct traffic not have to play the part of the traffic cop. However, as with a parent who has to play the role of disciplinary when their kids do something wrong, when needed God quickly takes on the role of the traffic cop.
The tickets we can get from Him can't be paid off, excused, or ignored. Christ already paid the ultimate price making us able to drive the road to Heaven with greater ease on the wheels of forgiveness and grace. Causing trouble at the lights will only get us rear-end by life's issues or t-boned with situations we didn't see coming, or hit head on by Satan and the wreckless driving he promotes.
Avoid the crashes, heed to the signals that God has for us. Self-inflicted accidents NOT allowed.
Copyright 2008 Marissa and Karen J. Gillett @ Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing
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