Who Cut in on You?

One thing that irritates most anyone driving a car is when someone cuts in front of them in traffic. "What makes them think they are so important" or "Don't they realize I have someplace important to be" are probably two of the tamer responses you might have when this happens to you. We are generally very focused on where we need to get to and are usually in a hurry to get there--if we aren't already running late. How dare someone interfere with us getting where we need to be?

In his letter to the church in Galatia, Paul makes this rather pointed observation: You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you (Galatians 6:7-8). Paul could see that Galatians were making great spiritual progress, but had gotten tripped up by legalism and traditions of man that had nothing to do with God's Word.

Though many years have passed, God's man is still fighting the same problem today. As much as we want to get to where we need to be, when we allow worldly philosophy, meaningless rituals and traditions to take hold and eventually control our lives, we've allowed our enemy to cut in on us and keep us from the truth. Trying to follow Him while trying to follow the world makes us a double-minded man, unstable in all he does (James 1:8).

Fortunately, the One who calls us is truth (John 14:6) and faithfulness to His Word will keep us from getting cut in on; allowing us to proclaim: I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith (2 Timothy 4:7).