Do What is Right

Returning home from Denver I stopped for a break in a mountain town and went through three roundabouts before I could get to the rest area. On my way back to the Interstate I took the off ramp in one of the roundabouts and wound up on the Interstate…but going the wrong direction. I was forced to go nine miles to the next exit before I could legally turn around and retrace my steps. In those nine miles I passed numerous highway crossovers with signs that said “Authorized Vehicles Only,” but I resisted the temptation to use the emergency services crossover for fear of getting a ticket from the State Patrol. Paul said, “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you” (Ro 13:1-3 NIV).