The yellow lights of your life

My prayer for you is that this message will remind you that others see the way that we live our lives, and that’s a significant thing. As Christians, we’re called to be a living sacrifice (Romans 12:1), worthy ambassadors of Christ. Your life will have either a positive or negative impact on others. You can either be a worthy example for Christ or an embarrassment.

Remember that Jesus said the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself (Matthew 22:39). This means we must eradicate all selfish and harmful behavior.

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.
Philippians 2:3

The following message from Sapphires illustrates this well.

You’re driving somewhere, and you’re late. The light is green but it’s turning yellow, and you’re a believer. Like many of us, you floor the gas pedal. A hint of red is coming up, so you go through it. It wasn’t red, not exactly yellow, sort of reddish-yellow. You zoom through; everyone is reading your bumper stickers, “Honk if you love Jesus,” “If you see this car without a driver, I’ve been raptured!” and you’re going through a red light.

In life, some things are definitely wrong; smoking, drunkenness, sexual immorality – those are red lights. Then there are things that seem questionable, that television show, that activity, that relationship, that decision, that compromise. These are yellow lights. You know adultery is wrong, but that flirtation, that second glance – that’s the yellow light. You can speed up or put on the brakes. The problem is, yellow lights become red lights and if you don’t stop that flirtation, it will become adultery. So stop that thing. It’s not only the red lights but more importantly, it’s the yellow lights.