This has been my practice: I obey your precepts – Psalm 119.56
To obey is to submit. In our time and culture, this idea of obeying or submitting to someone greater than you seems to be all but lost. When you feel something inside say “nobody tells me what to do!” then you’ve found some rough edges of your heart you need to smooth out.
A precept is a commandment, often a moral or conduct related directive. You have to consider the source. The God who made us is telling us how to live, not just to have rules, but because He knows what’s best for us. When you give your kids the directive to get out of the street (or any other parental command), you are doing so for their own good.
So obey. Listen to his words. Follow his precepts for living. And you will enjoy the life He has given you, the best way possible.
Real Men obey God’s direction.
