We’ve all seen the young males on powerful motorcycles zooming between cars on the freeway.
And we’ve all read the tragic stories about how many of them end up dead or disabled because of accidents attributed to their irresponsible speeding.
My wife Lori works in a hospital and has seen the calamitous consequences of such misbehavior far more than she’d like to remember.
The sad fact is, however, that young males who behave in such fashion on two wheels believe that they are OK in what they’re doing or they wouldn’t be doing it.
A 22-year-old guy who pops a wheelie at 80 miles an hour in the midst of traffic doesn’t do so with the direct expectation that he’s committing suicide.
It’s just that he isn’t thinking of physics and the statistical probability of being crushed by a truck that isn’t agile enough to avoid the rider if the bike goes down.
Here’s the point — we can’t trust that our perceived abilities will always overcome the mistakes and mishaps of life.
Our opinions don’t control physics and they certainly don’t control other drivers’ behavior.
More importantly from a spiritual perspective, our opinions — and even the opinions of peers — don’t define what God has ordained as right and wrong, as kind or cruel, as selfless or selfish, as moral or immoral.
Listen, a person might think he or she is acting in an exciting, stimulating and “no harm” manner, but still be terribly wrong.
I could go on for hours about the tragedy of people thinking that life and eternity will be determined by their opinions and abilities rather than the Word of God, but I’m going to presume that you accept the truth of the following passage:
“People may be right in their own eyes, but the Lord examines their heart.” (Proverbs 21:2)
Please, my friend, join me in trying to live according to the Matthew 6:33 principle that says every thought and action should indicate that God is first in our lives.
That way, we won’t have to suffer tragically because we thought we could pop wheelies of sin at 80 mph in the belief that spiritual physics of scripture didn’t apply to us.
As always, I love you
Martin
