Life is a Highway

This Wednesday I attended my final Driver Z class.

(For those of you who live in America, we say Zee as Zed, hence the play on words.)

Now that I’ve officially completed this phase of my driving journey, I got to thinking. As my wheels began turning, I realized that the road isn’t the only place where we have rules governing what we do.

Both the road and the Bible have laws.

While we may not always have physical “stop signs” in life, as a Christian, the Bible acts like our instruction manual. In it, we can find all the “rules of the road” that we need to make it through life without crashing.

When you think about it, the Bible has its own version of modern-day road signs. Throughout its many books, we see examples of signs telling people to “stop”, “go”, “yield”, “slow down”, and so much more.

What’s the similarity?

Let’s say you’re going for a drive. Off to your left, you see a sign saying the speed limit is 50. What do you think that sign means? Does it mean you should go 20? No. Does it mean you should go 80? Absolutely not. Does it mean you should go 50? Of course it does.

This doesn’t seem super complicated, does it? When a sign says 50, that means go 50, right? So when the Bible says “Do not lie” (Leviticus 19:11), does that mean that some lying is wrong? Does it mean that only lying about something important is wrong? No. It means all lying is wrong.

This is just an example of one of the many instructions God gives us in the Bible. While some of them may seem pointless, I assure you, every one has a reason crafted for our greater good.

The rules of the Bible are as important as the rules of the road.

It’s time to talk about consequences. If you see that 50 speed sign and decide “Who cares, I’m going 70”, what do you think will happen? Mr. Police Officer is probably going to pull you over and give you a hefty ticket.

“But officer,” you may say, “I believe I can go 70 here.” Sadly, that won’t matter to the law. You believing that you can go 70 doesn’t matter when the law says you can’t go above 50.

If the law cannot be bent, why can the Bible?

If police officers are obligated to ticket people regardless of their beliefs if they’re breaking the law, why aren’t the same rules in place for the Bible?

Even though the Bible’s laws are concrete, you’d have a hard time seeing that today. People only want to believe the parts of the Bible that they find important. If it says something they don’t like, they’ll cut it out. This is about as silly as getting rid of stop signs because you don’t think they’re necessary.

The difference is that you’re not putting your soul at stake by removing a few stop signs.

The Bible should not be changed.

Like the rules of the road, the Bible’s laws were not made to be bent. Regardless of your beliefs, not obeying the laws found in the Bible can have catastrophic consequences.

The law gives you a choice: Obey our rules all the time, or lose your ability to drive. God gives you the same choice but with much more significant consequences: Obey My rules, which I made for your greater good, or suffer eternally at the devil’s hand.

The majority of people obey the rules of the road. But it’s time that they also start obeying the rules of the Lord. Jesus desires that not one should perish, but that we should all live forever with Him.

So if there’s a rule that you’ve been avoiding, or bending, is it time to admit the truth and turn back to His ways? Laws weren’t made to be optional – they were created for your greater good. I think it’s time we all remember that.

You know the rules, and so do I.