High Cost of Living-ODB with insights.

When I was young, I thought the cost of living in my parents’ home was too high. Looking back, I laugh at how ridiculous it was to complain. My parents never charged me a cent for living at home. The only “cost” was obedience. I simply had to obey rules like clean up after myself, be polite, tell the truth, and go to church. The rules weren’t difficult, but I still had trouble obeying them. My parents didn’t kick me out for my disobedience, however. They just kept reminding me that the rules were to protect me, not harm me, and sometimes they made the rules stricter to protect me from myself.

The cost of living in the Promised Land was the same: obedience. In his final address to the nation, Moses reminded the people that the blessings God wanted to give them depended on their obedience (Deut. 30:16). Earlier he had told them that a good life would be determined by obedience: “Observe and obey . . . that it may go well with you” (12:28).

Some people think the Bible has too many rules. I wish they could see that God’s commands are for our good; they allow us to live in peace with one another. Obedience is simply the “cost” of being part of God’s family on this glorious globe He created and allows us to call home.

Heavenly Father, may we not see obedience as a
burden but as a privilege. Help us to be grateful
for Jesus, who shows us how to live, and for
the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to obey.

The Bible is not a burden but a guide to joy-filled living.

Well, teens in our age got a hard time listening or obeying our parents. Just like God who wants us to be in a safe track and wants us to obey Him but we see it as hard and like we are living in rules. Actually, it wasnt the rules that we are living it. It is us to direct our path and find our own Promise LAnd. We all want a promise Land but our problem is we dont like to obey God who is directing us in a shorter way. we track ourselves in a more complicated manner. So how then we will reach our Promise LAnd if we act like that?
This is my ultimate problem for now. It is really hard to give on things we like because we need to obey and find our promie land. we tend to be frightened cuz someone or something will be lost if we direct our paths. 

But, dont you think, the promise land that God is giving us is way better than our decided paths? hmmm. we need to think more. Obey God is the best and shortest way to our blessings and promise land.