Listen and Live

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life. Proverbs 6:23

 

Many young people would tell you that rules and regulations are painful and they glaze over when someone tries to instruct them. However, to obtain a drivers licence the young person needs to learn the road handbook and pass a test. If they are caught speeding, the law allows the police to remove their licence to drive and if necessary put them in jail.

 

Today I travelled on the Bruce Highway to visit friends in Maroochydore. along the way there were signs that indicated the legal speed. However, many went at a speed they chose, in other words they were a law unto themselves. At least twice I saw a policeman pull over people who decided to create their own law. Their law did not stand up to the law the policeman was upholding because the policeman had authority, the driver did not.

 

The above scripture calls upon a young person to accept the law as given by the parent, as wisdom was here. Now a child can disobey the parent but suffer the consequences, just as I can disobey the law of the land and suffer the consequences.

 

I am grateful that there are policemen, parents and teachers. They all help me as I listen to them. I choose to listen. Listen and live! Amen!