This morning I was up early - 4:30. Just couldn't sleep. So I thought I would try to work on a project M would like me to do. Well, in doing research on that I came across items for my blog. Well, it's been awhile.But lately the LORD has really been emphasizing something in my heart and saying, "Write about it." So I'm taking the time to be obedient.
I've really been under the conviction of Romans 13:1:
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.
So, I'm trying to obey the speed limits. I am finding it's not as easy as I thought it would be. Here in Canada the speed limits are in kilometres. Thirty kilometres/hour is soooooo slow! Sometimes I really wonder who came up with the limits, but they are part of the laws of the land.
The interesting thing though is the people behind me who get so upset. Doing 80 km/hour is still not fast enough or even 100 km/hour on the QEW! So I began to think maybe I should just do what everyone else is doing. I mean they are going a few km's over. The police aren't pulling them over.
And then it hit me. This is for me a way I can "conform to the world". What? It's just the speed limit! Not a big deal. But for me the LORD is calling me to be subject to the governing authorities, and that includes the speed limit. It would be so much easier just to go as fast others. Not get the angry looks or get people driving so close.
But He is showing me the differences between me and them. I need to start somewhere. I'm not telling you that you have to do this, but for me, it's a place where I can start being different. I want to be different only if it pleases Him. And not so I can boast about it. Because I still blow it and speed when I need to get somewhere fast. But He is teaching me, that I can trust Him even in obeying the speed limit.
Not a big thing, but it is in my heart.
