When James and Sarah came to live with us, we
all had many adjustments to make. They also had lots of new house rules to
learn!
Remember to take your shoes off.
Only eat at the kitchen table.
Wash your hands before and after meals.
Wash your hands before playing the piano.
Be quiet while the pastor talks.
Keep the water in the tub.
Keep your hands off the widows and mirrors.
Only play with toys.
We tried to remember to word as many things
as possible in a positive way. Instead of always saying “don’t take your drink
out of the kitchen” we would sometimes ask something like “where does your
drink belong?” However, we were still constantly giving them instructions and
wondered what was too much! They hadn’t grown up in our house to learn all
these things gradually along the way over the past 2-3 years.
As Jesus prepared to leave His disciples He
had lots of instructions for them (see John chapters 13-17). Unlike us, He is
all wise. He knew how much the disciples could handle at once and what
instructions He would wait to give them via the Holy Spirit later.
John 16:12-14 12 “I have much more to say to you, more
than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you
into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he
hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me
that he will receive what he will make known to you.
We
now have access to the entire Bible filled with God’s instructions! The Holy
Spirit guided the prophets and apostles to write down God’s love story for us
so we could know how to have and enjoy an intimate relationship with our
Creator.
How
well do you and I value God’s instructions? Do we pick and choose which ones we
think are important? Or, do we seek to understand them all, knowing they are
for our benefit and protection?
Psalm
25:8-10 Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful
toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
9 He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
10 All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful
toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.
Alice
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