Command.

God has one whole long list of instructions for all of us. Understanding each instruction and executing them, I realise, can be hard.

I believe most of us understand that God has empowered some people with the authority to set rules for us to follow, and we have to abide by those rules if not it would be a clear defiance against God. Clear enough. Simple.

Sometimes, we just refuse to acknowledge these rules even though we know that they are in place. And when we try to find ways to explain why we are not following the rules, there's no way we could.

I'm glad that I have left my iPhone safely at home. It is for the better good, because I know I'm obeying God.


"In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:6

Count

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10

It's the process of being tested that we grow and mature, and become complete one day. We learn that God is with us through hardships, by constant prayer and patience to wait for His answer and the revelation of His perfect and wonderful will for each and every single one of us. I have learnt how painful it is to be disconnected from God, seeking not Him but my own perception of what I should be doing.

Make the days count.