My car displays the speed limit on the console as I am driving. Today I noticed that it was not giving me this warning. Then I realized that snow was covering the speed limit signs as we passed them. The car’s detection system could not read the signs in order to display them for me.
Road signs give us valuable warnings about dangerous conditions and enable us to drive safely, if we obey the rules. Dangerous curve ahead signs warn us to slow down in order to stay on the road through the curve. Stop signs and stoplights tell us to stop and avoid collisions. Do not pass signs instruct us not to try to overcome those in front of us.
In the same way, God’s Word, the Bible, gives us warnings and instructions for staying on the path of righteousness and avoiding trouble ahead. Psalm 119:105 puts it this way; “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” The only way to walk uprightly before God is to allow the light of His Word to illuminate our eyes with truth. Other so called sources of truth will take us into dangerous situations and cause us to stumble.
Reluctant Retiree 