Yesterday I pulled away from an intersection that I thought was a 4-way stop. The person driving the pickup truck approaching from my right knew that it was actually a 2-way stop, and that he had the right of way, not me. He did not have to stop. Thanks to me, however, he did have to put on his brakes!

Fortunately, he saw me in plenty of time to avoid me, and no one was hurt. People often do get hurt, however, when rules are ignored. Sometimes when we break the law, we hurt ourselves; sometimes we hurt other people.

The same truth applies when we break spiritual laws. God sets rules in place for us to obey. He does this for the benefit of all people. When those laws are broken, people get hurt. So let’s be careful as we drive on life’s highway. Let’s obey the signs that tell us what to do.

“Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good.”—Titus 3:1.