The yield sign is there for a reason.

But human nature, the way it is, if you pass one of those signs routinely on your way to work or school, day after day, you pass this sign, I have a hunch that most of us probably get used to it. We ignore it.

And after a while, actually, we don't even notice it anymore. We become oblivious to it.

We know it's there. Subconsciously, you know it's there. You know what you're supposed to do

when you see it. But then you get used to it and then you give it kind of a cursory glance

as you pass it by. Until, of course, the day comes when you get into trouble and you find

yourself sitting on the side of the street and say,

why didn't I yield?

When you obey it, you're blessed and you're safe.

When you don't, even though you may get away with it for a long period of time, soon or later is going to catch up with you.

And in a far greater way, in a far more serious way,

in a far more important way, the entire Bible from cover to cover is that sign saying,

yield to God. The message of the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation is one message, yield to God, for meaningful life, for peaceful heart, for a contented spirit, for effective witness for Jesus Christ in your workplace or in your school, for fruitful and productive life, for victory in the spiritual battles, you and I must

yield.

Yield to the Lord's will in our lives.

Yield to his command in His Word.

Yield to his direction as revealed in His Word.

Yield to his instructions in his book. Now I'm going to level with you.

Yielding is never easy. It's never easy. You see, yielding is never fashionable. Yielding is never

popular by the masses. But yielding is the only option that you and I have. It's the only

option that God gives us. I read an old preacher from the old times back in the days of the horse

and buggy, and he and his wife were driving the horse and buggy along a narrow and dangerous

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