Monday, October 25, 2010

Children, obey your PARENTS

Well, it may seem like the "uncool" thing to do in today's world, but the fact of the matter is, God is pleased when you do obey your parents.
Whether you want to believe it or not, your parents have a big responsibility that they do not take lightly. God has entrusted them with you, to train you up (Proverbs 22:6). They are not to provoke you (Colossians 3:21), but to teach you diligently when you sit in your house, walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up (Deut. 6:4-9). You are one of the qualifications of elders (Colossians 3:21).
God requires you to be obedient to them (Colossians 3:20). He even throws in being disobedient to parents with some other "hard" topics I wouldn't want to be compared to (blasphemers, unthankful, unholy, traitors, headstrong, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God-2 Timothy 3:1-5).

A great example of an obedient child is Jepthah's daughter (see Judges 11 for the text of this story). Jepthah was one of the judges. He made a vow with the Lord that he would make a burnt offering to whatever came out of his house to meet him if the Lord would deliver the Ammonites into his hands. Well, the Ammonites were delivered, but the plan didn't go as Jepthah wished. His daughter (only child) was the "whatever" that came out of the door to greet him. In despair, he told her what he had promised to God. Instead of arguing, she told him that he had to keep his vow.

Sometimes being obedient to God isn't the easiest thing to do, BUT it is the right thing. The only way you will ever achieve complete happiness is to be in accordance with God's will. Being obedient to your parents is one of those things.

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