Obedience: Playing Chicken or Run like the Dickens

When I was younger, when my parents told me not to do something, I would do that something anyway- being the curious little kid I was.  The typical was: don't eat the cookies before dinner, go to bed before 9, and look both ways before crossing the road.  You know, the usual.

We are told as children to obey our parents, that our parents know best, and if we listen to them- our life will be a whole lot less crappy because you avoid punishment of time-out in the corner.

Well, God- He is our Holy Father and He has given us the Bible, word-breathed scripture, to obey Him and avoid the punishment from our sin.  Yet, lately I have been thinking- how far is too far to disobey Him.

As humans, we tend to play Chicken with our actions, seeing how far we can go before breaking.

Fortunately, I haven't done much Chickening- I've just been presented Chicken to tamper with.  This Chickening, Tampering, and Poking at situations that we know are bad are temptations.

As Christians, we still face temptations.  This is a fact of life.

However, we have two choices: tamper with temptation to become weak or say "no" to temptation to grow stronger spiritually. 

We are always told to follow our hearts, and how our heart feels is how we should feel.

But, God also gave us a brain.  A brain that is capable of understanding our actions, to plan our motives, and examine what is right or wrong.

Because, let's face it: our hearts are very convincing to do things we usually would not do.

Jeremiah 17:9 states:

"The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?"

I believe that is why our conscience is in are brains, our heart would leave us astray too easily. 

The point that I am trying to make in this post is that, as Children of God- we need to listen to Him!  No, none of are perfect.  But, by listening to our hearts and doing what we want to do- we are only setting ourselves up for temptation and sin. 

The Bible is not a rule-book, but the Bible is a guide to live a Holy and Pure life-style to make life easier.

The Bible is telling us not to touch the stove because we will burn are fingers in a simple touch.

If you find yourself caught in temptation, wanting to play "chicken" with the things going on in your life- Stop. Drop. And Pray.

1 Corinthians. 10:13:

"No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."

God can and will help you, if you allow Him too.

As well, any previous sin or temptation convicted has already been forgiven through Christ.

:)

Have a blessed day,

I hope this post provides some guidance to my fellow sisters in Christ.

<3 KM