I am a relatively new driver. I have only had my license for two years, and there is one thing about driving that makes me wish I had never gotten my license: tailgaters. There is one street where I notice them especially—a 25 mile-per-hour zone by my house. People will drive right up close to my bumper and just hang out there. I feel pressured to go faster because they are right behind me, but at the same time I know what the law is and it keeps me going 25 miles per hour.

At times I have felt the same way about my Christian life. The ways of the world do not mix well with God’s ways, and often we feel pressure to conform to secular society. The devil is a terrible “tailgater,” trying to confuse and push Christians too far. Thankfully, we have the Bible, our “speed limit sign.” If we follow the guidelines in the Bible, we can be assured of God’s blessing and provision in our lives. As the focus verse says, whatever we do in the work of the Lord is not in vain—no matter how society views our efforts. With that assurance, we must hang in there and not quit doing what we know is right, even though the world may push us.

When I was in driver’s education class, instructors taught us that the best thing to do when being tailgated is to pull over and let the other driver pass you. Today, if you are feeling tailgated by pressures in the world, pull over and spend time with God. Let the world go on by. It will speed past, but you will have the assurance of knowing that you are doing the will of God!