Once a police officer stopped a car whose driver was carelessly operating it. The driver looked untidy and reeked of alcohol. Yet, before the officer could ask him for his identifications or anything the protocol calls for, the driver spoke in a drunk manner: “D-do you know who I am?. . . I‘m your boss. . . the one wh-who. . .pays your salary.” The officer just looked at him and opened his eyes widely.
The police officer had probably not recognized him without the uniform. What do you think went through his mind? If he thought in the “goodness of the department” he might have thought in covering the boss’ fault since he had the choice of giving the ticket or not, and nobody would find out that the one enforcing the rules to them was at fault himself. But would the incident be not known, ever? Would someone, who’d happen to realize anything that denounces it, be silent like him? What if people incriminated him as an accomplice of something worse if he kept silent? What if the boss was trying to bribe him with the threatening question? What would happen if he denounced him? The officer’s choice could bring him good or bad results so he must think on the best thing to do, based on his principles. And even so he can have problems with the unsatisfied, but at least not with the Creator.
People who happen to be above us in life do not know what their negligence can do to us. Every time we get blessed with an important position, we must act accordingly and not make other people suffer, because they are victims of our choice. Evidently, we cannot blind ourselves with a position, a uniform or anything that might give importance to a person because a person is flesh and blood like all the rest of the people and subject to make mistakes, no matter how “significant” the circumstances make him, or the idolatry of the people who think he is superior.
It is obvious that we represent the person we work for. And if we really do, we must be proud of the way he handles things out. In the case of the story, the boss might have been a good leader, but in a bad moment he blew it, because we, people, are NOT perfect. Only God is perfect and that is why we should be constantly praying, asking for forgiveness, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3.23) and pleading for wisdom.
We, Christians, are pleased with the way God works things out. Sometimes we might not like it, but we know that He is the One who knows it all, and why things should happen like they do, and we trust Him. He never fails because when the circumstances seem to fail, God causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him. (Romans 8. 28). And there are many of us who do love Him, and are always inviting others to enjoy the same fate for it is great to know we will live happily forever, but the ones who reject Him will not, unless they repent of their ignorance. God is the father of all who love him and if you are the head of a family, you know how hard it is to please everyone or to agree, even in a time for partying; but God’s time is perfect, and so will our fate be. If God is REALLY the boss in our life, we represent Him wherever we are. We can make mistakes, because we are not perfect, but if we keep doing the opposite of what our “position” calls for, then we are NOT being faithful to it and are representing the contrary. The “World” as God made it was perfect, but in our free will we decided to be nosey and believe the one who was also a creature and not the Creator, and we blew it. And we’ll keep on doing it as long as we keep on “honoring” one who is not venerable for his wrong behavior, unless he repents and asks for forgiveness to God and to the people he offended.
As people who want to do good things, we venerate the man established institutions until they become an enemy of our integrity as God’s children. We must respect them, though, even when we may not like them. We should pray to God for a change in the institution or in the one who directs it. I am sorry to say there are many who procure those positions for many reasons other than the ones they were created for, but don’t think God will forget their mistakes if they don’t try to erase them with genuine repentance, even if they are religious institutions (the ones who have studied the Word of God know that the first half of the tribulation time will be directed by a religious institution under the command of the antichrist until he gets tired of it and eliminates it). There will be judgment in heaven and if we do not choose the best advocate now, we are going to mess up. We should be seeking for the only one redeemer who paid the price to adopt us for His glory. He promised it and until now all of His prophesies have been fulfilled.
The prophet Isaiah (The “prince of prophets) wrote:
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil. Learn to do good. Seek JUSTICE. Reprove the ruthless, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. “Come now and reason together,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson they will be like wool. If you consent and obey, you will eat the best of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Truly the mouth of the Lord has spoken. How the faithful city has become a harlot. She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, but now murderers. (Isaiah 1. 16-21)
This was written for the people of his time, but there’s nothing more fitting to the people of today who only care of their own glory than God’s. Especially the ones who presume to represent Him should remember the only thing that will free us:
1- SOLA SCRIPTURA.
2- SOLA FIDE.
3- SOLA GRATIA.
4- SOLUS CHRISTUS.
5- SOLI DEO GLORIA.
If we do not believe that we do not represent God.
