Red and blue lights-

The other day I was going to visit my mom. It was on a Tuesday when I have very limited free time. I left church from teaching Bible Study and was headed to her house. I might have been going a tad above the speed limit coming over the hump when I saw it....red and blue flashing lights.

I was grateful that my exit was before the lights. I immediately exited the freeway and that gave me the opportunity to slow down. As I did, I wondered "How many times do I see God convicting me of something and I turn to avoid it?" We know that those red and blue lights mean "failure to comply." We either exceeded the speed limit, broke the law, or failed to adhere to a requirement-regardless, it merited the activation of those lights.

Proverbs 4:14 states:"Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil man. Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go your way." That's probably the easier of the two options. Turning and avoiding the path of the wicked or the walk of the evil man is probably easier than God convicting us of something in my life. Why? I would venture to guess that the answer to the first part of that is I get to choose. The justification is that I get to choose what "I believe" is evil or wicked but when God convicts me of something, I have no choice.

Perhaps God sees something in my life that I don't want to give up, maybe it's an area where I'm not being obedient. There is no choice in disobedience so rather than to comply or in this case obey, I might avoid God and travel a different route hoping I dont get caught.

God's Word speaks of avoiding strife [Proverbs 20:30]; foolish controversies [Titus 3:9]; godless chatter [2 Timothy 2:16]; and other things not of God. I can not however, avoid God.

I must learn that if God used red and blue lights to get our attention, when He convicts me of something in my life and I saw the lights, I could ride past them with confidence knowing I am being obedient to His plan. I would not have to deviate from my path to avoid God.

But thanks be to God that though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. Romans 6:17