Sin (Part 3) I Hate Tickets

2 Chronicles 19:7

Now let the fear of the Lord be upon you.

Judge carefully,

For with The LORD our God

There is no injustice or partiality……..

I hate tickets….

Driving down the road….

Enjoying some awesome tunes.…..

Thinking about seeing my beautiful wife…..

Some beach time….. Some restoration time……

Tybee Island here I come!

Until….

No it can’t be…..

Not that…. I couldn’t have been….

Blue Lights……No, not the blue lights…….

Aaarrrrghhhh……

Why me?

Why me……

Well I suppose……

Because I was speeding……

Breaking the established standard…..

Going against what has been laid out as…

The good, established order……..

The order established……

For my own benefit.

Guys,

There is a sense in which that is exactly what sin is……

At least that’s how it shows up.

There is either a……

Deliberate defiance of God’s order……

Or a brand of carelessness which pays Him no mind……

As I do……

What I do.

I love tickets…….

There is a way to live…..

A way to live that lets us participate……

Participate in the very Love and Life  of our Creator.

Guys….

Sometimes I just get careless…..

Other times I just live in blatant defiance and denial……

Either way…..

I miss Life.

Either way…..

I need reminders…

I need consequences……

Proverbs 3:11-12

 My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not resent His rebuke,
 because the Lord disciplines those He loves,
    as a Father the son He delights in.

Father,

Thank You for using even the consequence of my sin to move me toward Life.

Thank You that You have not abandoned me or left me to my own ways.

Holy Spirit,

Help me to know the consequences of my sin even today and so…

Turn to You for Life.

Lord Jesus,

Thank You for opening the way….

For being……. The Way…..

To Life.

Amen