Wonder Why?

Wonder why obedience is difficult? It is difficult because we question the motives and put malice in every instructions given. The problem is we cannot fully know the mind and heart. So we question, we complain, we resent, we gossip, we find excuses and then unconsciously slander. We might obey but with a grudge.

Most of the time we find it hard to obey not because the instruction was deemed wrong but because we question the motives of the leader. Simple instructions we cannot follow. We ask clarifications, but actually we know it already, we just want to justify and make excuses.

It is easy to judge and make conclusions, but how many times have we've been proven wrong?

If this happens all the time no leader will succeed and no amount of vision and mission can be fulfilled.

It takes humility to obey and it takes rootedness in Christ to have this kind of humility wherein we go beyond the person instructing us and look at him with unbiased attitude and unquestioning heart as to the motives.

Sometimes what we need is just to obey.

*This is on the perspective of the follower.

**On the perspective of the leader, of course, we give instructions with complete fidelity to Christ, out of purity of heart and deep desire for what is good for community and the person instructed upon.

by aats