Traffic signs are designed to regulate, warn, and guide drivers. However, these signs can also teach us some important spiritual lessons. This is part 3 of my 5-part series on “Lessons from a Traffic Sign.” You can find links to the other parts of the series at the end of this post.
Today, I want to discuss the “Yield” sign, which indicates that drivers must give way to other traffic, including pedestrians, already in or approaching an intersection. Essentially, the yield sign tells drivers to give up the right of way to others. Spiritually, the yield sign reminds us to give up what we want to do and prioritize God’s will over ours. In Luke 22:42, Jesus said, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.”
Like Jesus, we should willingly give the right of way of our lives to God and do His will, not our own. That means we should allow His desires to take precedence over our desires. We should seek to do what pleases God, not what pleases us.
We must read God’s Word regularly to know what God desires and what pleases Him. Then, once we know what God wants us to do, we yield to God’s way by doing what He commands. James 1:22 says, “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
I pray that from now on, when we see a yield sign, it will encourage us to yield to God’s way and do His will every moment of every day.
What obstacles make it difficult for you to yield to God’s way and obey His Word? Tell me about it in the comments.
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