Friday, April 1, 2011

Following Commandments

It is difficult to follow orders sometimes.  Ask anyone currently enlisted in the military or anyone who served in a war zone.  We don't always agree with our orders.  Remember as a kid when your parents told you to do something and you didn't want to?  Sometimes we feel that way with God.

God tells us that we shouldn't do things or avoid them based on feeling.  We serve God based on duty and glorifying him, not how we feel at the moment.  In Mark 12 a man says, "You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him.  To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."

Joseph's brothers, in Genesis 42, have to follow Joseph's orders to return to their father and bring back Benjamin. They don't want to do what is asked of them, even though it is in God's name. 

I pray that you are able to work through the difficult orders and follow your duty to God.

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