Romans 13 As living sacrifices offered to our heavenly Father and servants to our Lord Jesus Christ, we are to live as holy, set apart people.  We are to exhibit a life of faith in our Master, transformed to His image and character.  Paul continues to show us what that looks like...

We are called to be good citizens, regardless of the governing authorities placed over us.  Paul teaches that all authorities.. whether we like them or not.. are in place because God put them there!
We are to "simply do what is good." 
We are to respect those placed in authority.
We are to pay what we owe.. taxes, revenue.. and honor. 

God desires us to obey the one law that fulfills all the rest - "love one another". 
"Love does not do harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulness of Torah." ( v10)

Verse 11-12 are even more significant for us today than for Paul's original readers:
 "Besides all this, you know at what point of history we stand; so it is high time for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; for the final deliverance is nearer than when we first came to trust. The night is almost over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and arm ourselves with the weapons of light." 

Paul calls us to live properly.. to "clothe yourselves with the Lord Yeshua the Messiah; and don't waste your time thinking about how to provide for the sinful desires of your old nature.

Father in heaven, we are waiting for that final deliverance.. believing that the night is almost over and that the day is almost here!  Help us to live in full obedience to all of Your Word.  Help us to live in the Light, clothed in Christ Jesus, overcoming evil with good and loving our neighbors as ourselves.
May we know Your great love and mercy, fully immersed in Your Spirit.  We ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, amen.