Speeding

While driving the other day listening to "Focus on the Family" the topic was staying pure before marriage. After listening I turned down the radio and started thinking about what they had been saying and started thinking about society today and how that isn't as big of a priority as it should be and how it's okay to just do whatever whenever. This post will lead into another post I am working on about how Biblical Marriage has lost meaning in our society and that as well is not okay.

Okay now that the intro is done I'll jump right into this. I'm going to admit while I was driving I was going a little over the speed limit, I was thinking to myself it's okay I'm only going 5 mph over the speed limit I won't get pulled over, I'm good. then the next thing I know a song I liked came on and I got lost in the music and looked over and I was going 10 mph over and I was in the process of justifying it when I passed a parked police car. I hit the brakes and thought to myself that was odd to see a cop right here, they usually aren't around right here because I drive on this road quite often and very rarely seen cops there. I kind of linked these two experiences together in my head and now I'm sharing them with you because I didn't see the link right away but God seems to have revealed a link between the two events.

How we as a society (in general) treat the speed limits and how we treat sexual purity are one in the same. I have noticed from talking to people this connection is pretty true. People will push the limits and they will start out by getting as close to the line as possible with out actually crossing it just like beginning drivers take it easy and slowly because they haven't figured out how much they can get away with so they take it slow sometimes not even going the speed limit. The more comfortable we become with a person of interest in a relationship and driving we go a little faster to where we are going a little over the speed limit, we aren't going crazy and we are crossing a line but just barely not enough to really get us in trouble (or so we think) in the relationship this may be some sort of grey area you have established, kind of something that isn't sex but is something that your gut tells you is wrong and you feel guilt from later on when confronted with God. If this isn't checked and stopped it will progress and get worse. Next thing you know you'll look over and be going 10 mph over. At this point you know you shouldn't be going that fast but you try to justify it anyway by saying to yourself 'Everyone knows cops won't pull you over unless you're going at least 15 over.' or 'I'm going with the flow of traffic.' or even 'I've never seen a cop on this road so it will be okay.' but it isn't okay, we have speed limits for a reason. They are there to keep us safe and to outline how fast we are supposed to go. In relationships you know this is wrong but choose to do it anyway as if you think that it won't matter, you have time to ask for forgiveness, no one will know, or it's not that big of a deal. Justifying... If we feel like anything needs justification it's probably wrong and we shouldn't be doing it, simple as that. We will push the line so far without crossing it or we will go somewhere where we think no one is watching to get away with things, and our society promotes this 'As long as you don't get caught it's okay.' but it isn't and there isn't anywhere that is unseen. The only One that matters sees all and is everywhere. He has no blind spots, He never goes on break, and He is never off duty.

The good thing is He is a forgiving God and it's not too late to seek forgiveness. And when we mess up He's already paid our tickets. I may have lost some people in this post but it was something that has been placed into my brain and laid on my heart and when that happens I know it hasn't come from me but it has come from God.