Thank You Officer

“Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to a king as one in authority or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do right.  For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.”  1 Peter 2:13-15

Everybody hates a speed trap.  We are just cruising along and then we hear a siren and see flashing lights.  And, even though we are wrong, we are mad.  Then we meet the policeman and if we are lucky, we get a warning; if we are not lucky, we get a ticket. 

How do we respond to this?  Peter says we are to submit ourselves to every human institution, which means our best response is to say, “Thank you officer.” and, then pay the ticket without complaining.

And, remember where that speed trap is at, and slow down.