Like Samson, John the Baptist, Samuel, Daniel and the Rechabites -just to mention a few – we are all given rules and regulations to follow by God in order to guide us and use us as His vessels in possessing and maintaining the new phases of our lives.
In the same vein, God gives us rules and regulations to run with in life especially at the entry point into another phase or level.
Which leads me to ask: what rule and regulation has the LORD given you to run with, either in the past or presently? Are you still running with it? For some it’s abstinence from wine: for others, it’s to fellowship with God at a particular time, while for others, it’s abstinence from a particular food, and others have strict restrictions varying in different areas. Whatever the rule and regulation is, we are instructed not to add to it nor subtract from it, instead we are to keep it and run with it for our personal growth and development.
In keeping and practicing any of these rules and regulations, we become wise and gain understanding – which are valuable treasures no one can acquire by human strength. Everyone tends to love and lean toward that one person that listens to them when they are corrected. So it is with our Heavenly Father: His love for a consciously obedient child is far greater than the one who is disobedient or partially obedient to Him. Hence, if we haven’t been diligent with the rule and regulation ,there’s still time for repentance.
It takes a whole lot of discipline to follow these rules. From experience, though it wasn’t easy initially -because flesh will always contest against the Spirit and I’m not there yet, as growth is continuous – once you are persistent and diligent on the journey, you’ll overcome the urge to be laid back. A good soldier does not take his eyes off the mission and people assigned under his authority. In the same vein, both our biological and spiritual children are our responsibilities, whom we must pray for, encourage according to scripture, teach on how to hear from God, teach on how to shine their light in places of darkness and guide and advise according to God’s Word so as not to build up any form of idolatry in their lives. Because it’s our duty to share the rules we are running with, with them.
Prayer: Father, help me to be committed to the rule or guardrail you have put in place in my life, for I acknowledge they are there to improve my life and family as a whole in Jesus name Amen.
Shalom 🕊️
Bimpe Lawal