I Fought The Law, & The Law Won

Sometimes we seem surprised by the results of our sin. For example, we may drive down the road about 40 miles an hour and yet the posted speed limit is 30. So why should it surprise us when a policeman pulls us over to give us a ticket for speeding? We may not have been intentionally speeding, it may have been an accident; however we broke the law all the same. My question is, why are we mad at the policeman, he didn’t make us break the law nor is it his fault that we are now penalized for our lawlessness. In the same way, why do we get mad at others or even at God when so often the bulk of our troubles are self inflicted? Too many times we act selfish or self righteous around the people we work with or even live with; typically our selfishness results in alienating ourselves and pushing the people closest to us away. John wrote…


“5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” 1 John 1:5-7 NIV

The only way to overcome both sin and its negative repercussions is to be connected to Jesus in every moment of life. Maybe when we are driving we feel that the policeman is out to get us, maybe some are; however God is not out to get us. God sent His son to die on the cross to save us from sin, to literally transform us into people who are more like Jesus and less like the world. God did this so that we may have a life that overcomes all the negative effects of sin. So if you feel like the world is out to get you, rather than feel sorry for yourself, turn to Jesus, allow Him to give you the power to be wise, Holy, and forgiven.