Life Must Have Rules

By what rule, law, dictum does a person govern his or her life?  That one must have some sort of governance in life is suggested almost whimsically by this verse of Scripture:  “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18a).  One older manuscript renders this portion:  “Where Divine revelation, and the faithful preaching of the sacred testimonies, are neither reverenced nor attended, the ruin of that land is at no great distance.”

Some cultural values may impart a limited source of direction to a person’s life, but too quickly the bankruptcy of such ideas becomes apparent.  No, a person needs some spiritual direction (that’s because we are “spiritual” beings) in which he/she is confident, to which they can give themselves with some degree of abandon.

Enter, the faith of the Bible.  All about us, the Bible says, are proofs of a living God.  The heavens, the earth, the realm of nature, all give abundant testimony to a loving, wise, and enormously intelligent supernatural being.  That many of the questions we have about God might be answered, He literally fleshed Himself out in the person of Jesus Christ.

So clear was this representation of Himself in human flesh that Jesus spoke of Himself as the “light of the world” (John 9:5).  And the Bible says that some people don’t come to this “light” because they prefer “darkness”. 

Can you “see” it, are you walking in “darkness”, i.e., without the “light” of Jesus on your path? It need not be that way.  Listen to this invitation from Jesus, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden (with the issues of life), and I will give you rest.  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:28 – 30).