“Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart” (Colossians 3:20-21).
Again, we see the encouragement to be in a proper relationship with those around us. Many times it is simply an order of things, but the Lord intends that we relate one to the other. This is as it should be and we are told of the boundaries and how God intends things to work. Work then by applying what You know to be the right boundaries in your life amongst those with whom you relate.
Lord, teach me to be obedient to You in all things. You have shown me how long-suffering You are. Help me to be the same with those around me so that I would not exasperate them. Guide me now and always in the way of everlasting life. Help me to see clearly the way You have set before me. In and through all things, lead me Lord and help me to do these things which are right.
Lord Jesus, You were obedient even unto death on the cross. I cannot be You, but I can become like You, doing what You give me to do. Lead me in these things, Lord, so that I would put them into effect in my life and learn a little more this day of what these things mean. Through all that You give me to do, guide me in the upward way of salvation in order that I may be conformed to Your image. Amen.
