“There’s dichotomy in everything. Yesterday, we discussed the importance of implementing strict rules for yourself. Today, we look at the possibility of being too rigid in those rules. Such is the beauty of being the architect of your own life. Scrap the elevator and put in a slide. Why mess with an escalator when you could put in a rope climb? Your rules are in place to amplify your own life’s journey. But when the opportunity presents itself, don’t be afraid to sneak in a secret room behind the bookcase. The chains that keep you on track can also be used as resistance to strengthen your avatar.”
“Go against the rules if you must, but never go against your conscience, even if the rules demand it.” Alexander Den Heijer
I’m generally not a rule-breaker. I’m the kind of person who will wait for the crosswalk to say ‘Walk’ even when there is no one around. But lately, with the whole COVID thing, I have discovered that I can be a bit of a rebel.
According to Galatians, the purpose of the law is to bring us to Christ. Once we are brought to Him, we don’t need the law anymore. Problem is that this takes a long time. So until I am fully under the reign of Christ, I need to submit to the rule of man.
Some times, though, those rules conflict with God’s inward leading within. Then the choice is simple – I follow the inward law of life, not the outward rules.
I may end up offending someone, but I disagree with the wearing of masks during this weird COVID-19 time. I believe that there is little health benefit to wearing them (there is science to support that statement), I believe that the requirement to wear them is politically motivated and that there is a much more sinister agenda in the mask wearing requirement than most Americans realize.
However, I don’t want small businesses to suffer via stiff fines, so I comply and wear my mask when I have to.
I also admit to having broken our governor’s mandate of ‘no gatherings over 10 people outdoors’. That was on the 4th of July. I invited about 20 people to visit us. Although, it just so worked out that we had 3 different groups of people visit us over the course of the day, so we hovered right below 10 each time. But I was completely okay with breaking that rule just that one day.
“Good rules are to be perfected; bad rules, corrected or removed.”
I sincerely believe the mask-wearing rule is a bad one. That said, I exercise to contact the Lord in every situation – many times He leads me to wear the mask. Other times, He gives me the liberty to remove it. His smile is more important to me than obeying a rule just for rules’ sake and also more important than making a political statement through across-the-board disobedience.
p.s., if you are open-minded and willing to read the results of real scientific studies on the benefits and risks of mask-wearing, head over to The Liberty Beacon for some compelling evidence.