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Who's driving? READ: Romans 6:1-14 The Bible in one year: Jeremiah 51 – 52; Hebrews 9 If we live by the spirit, we also walk by the Spirit (Galatians 5:25). My neighbor Tim has on the panel of his car a statuette of a "monster" based on the Precious 's book by Maurice Sendak, where the monsters live. Recently, Tim was behind me in the traffic and made some abrupt maneuvers to keep close. When we arrived, I asked, "Is this How the monsters lead?" The next Sunday, I forgot my sermon notes at home. So, "I flew out" of the church to fetch them, and I passed by Tim. Later, when we met, he said in a joke: "Is this how the monsters lead?" We laughed, but the comment shook me... I should have paid attention to the speed limit. When the Bible describes what it means to live in relation to God, it encourages us to present our members to God (Romans 6:13). That day, I took Tim's comment as a kind reminder of God to lift "the foot of the accelerator," because for love, I owe everything to the Lord. The question of "Who is the monster?" Applies to all life. Do we let things of the old nature control us or allow the spirit of God and His grace to help us grow? It is better to go where the Lord guides us. Scripture says that the wisdom of God leads us through "pleasant roads, and all its paths [of] peace" (Proverbs 3:17). Lord, help me to obey you. What God requires, he also generates. 
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Good reminder. WWJD. Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.
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