How often do we think we are above the law?
Perhaps it’s petty rules we think do not apply to us. Perhaps it is driving faster than the speed limit or not stopping at stop signs. Perhaps getting away from a merchant paying far less than the price.
Maybe it’s bigger things. Cheating someone in business. Slandering an opponent.
Maybe really big things such as abusing the power given us by an organization.
People thinking they are above the law fill news stories once again. This is not new news. It evidently goes on as far back as civilization.
There is a 3,000-year-old story from the Hebrew scriptures. A very popular King, let’s call him David since that was his name, saw a woman. She was beautiful. Now, most men have seen a beautiful woman and had a fleeting thought about being with her. But, David was king. He had people. He sent one of those people to bring her. It was a request she couldn’t refuse.
As happens when you violate trust and authority, things happened. In the downward spiral he wound up killing the woman’s husband.
The a man who was close to God visited David. He told a story about a man who abused his authority. When David said that man should be punished, Nathan said, “You are that man.”
Where is that voice from God today when we need it?
Listen. It’s there somewhere.
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