Yes, God has rules
or laws for living life. But even though
this can be hard for us to acknowledge, sometimes, God’s laws for living are
not meant to restrict fun, or inconvenience us, or prevent us from the full
experience of life.
There have been
times (too many times) when I believed that the best option for me involved a
choice of action that would violate God’s laws.
I knew God’s way but I thought my way would be better, more fun, safer,
easier, more pleasurable, more helpful to me, more effective, etc…
I have an extraordinary
capacity for rationalizing the things I want to do. How about you? This is also known as self-deception; except
when I’m in the midst of rationalizing something. Then I know it as, “Gee, it’s amazing how
smart I am!”
I have not arrived
at some point of perfection, however, I have come to see that the purpose of God’s
laws are to protect us and to protect that which is sacred. I sincerely encourage you to take a moment to
ponder this reality. In fact, I will
repeat the thought: The purpose of God’s
laws are to protect us and to protect that which is sacred.
If we will think
honestly and carefully about this I believe we will recognize it as truth.
He loves us, He
knows us better than we know ourselves, and He wants what is best for us.
