Do Right…

My community is gated and requires a security card to enter.  When I forget my gate card, I have to enter through the visitors lane and provide my ID, where I am going, and who I am visiting.  This is annoying but I appreciate the security it provides.  9 times out of 10 when I pulled up to the security guard and informed them that I live in the community, they would open the gate with no information and sometimes they did not look at my ID.  This was very upsetting because they do not know me and they did not follow the necessary procedures to ensure our safety.  I believe that the guards behaved this way because they did not want to upset me as a resident.

Situations like this occur in life daily.  People go against what they know is right to avoid upsetting others or “rub them the wrong way”.  Most times, we have clear directions as to what, how, and who we should carrying out assignments.  We are disobedient because we care about what others think.  We are to serve God, not man and EVERYTHING He does is for our good.  When you follow the instructions(procedures) that God has assigned, you will upset others BUT, God has laid out procedures to ensure your safety.

P.S.  Now when I forget my card, I let them ask me their standard questions instead of starting by telling them I live here.  When they get to the question who is  the resident, I tell them my name 🙂 …it makes me feel better about the situation! Why should I set them up to upset me?  *Let it marinate 🙂 *