Obedience

Obedience is not a popular word these days.
Many people seem to want to do their own thing.
They don't want anyone telling them what to do, or not to do.
Rules are for avoiding not obeying.

It's a good job that nature obeys the rules.
The earth spins, the sun shines, rain falls, ground is solid.
Occasionally the earth doesn't behave, but we know why, even if we don't know when.

But people are not so predictable.
We want to make up our own rules.
Although even when we do, we break them too.

When we look at God's rules for life we find that they are good rules.
It's just that we are not good people and we don't like His rules.
If we're honest about that then at least there is hope for us.

When our neighbours are nice to us then we are happy to love them.
But when things go wrong then we need God's help to keep on loving.

The next time you are tempted to make up your own rules remember that rivers always flow downhill. It's the law!