13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15 For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. 16 Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves. - 1 Peter 2:13-16
Dear Jesus,
You modeled how to submit to leaders in government and in the streets even when they are oppressive and represent causes you don't approve. You lived for a higher mission. I want to live by your higher mission too. I realize that makes me forego my opinion about the more menial rightness or wrongness of more common things. Don't let me become disrespectful and disobedient to officials during this pandemic just because I have a certain opinion about what they say about masks, vaccines or anything else for that matter. Help me to respect police and clerks behind city desks. I trust you to preserve my good behavior in their memory so you can remind them later that they should listen to your people because they saw my good life before them.
Amen
Pastor Don Patterson
Don't be tempted to think that any political cause old or new can be the mega guide for your behavior.
Additional Reading: Colossians 4