| Restraint |
| Human nature does not like restraint of any kind. |
| One thing I personally don’t like is the restraint of seatbelts. I know that they are a good thing, and that they often save lives when there is an accident. But, I still don’t like them, even though I buckle up because it is the law and I don’t want to have to pay the fine. |
| Today, many are going their own way, casting off restraint of every kind, living for themselves, and as they say, “Pleasing number one.” It is a day like the book of Judges describes: “In those days … every man did that which was right in his own eyes” (Judges 17:6). |
| But this is not the way it is to be for a believer. We are to recognize that we belong to the Lord, and to own His authority and Lordship in our day-to-day life. “What know ye not that … ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). We are also exhorted to be, “temperate in all things” (1 Corinthians 9:25). Temperance is simply self-control or restraint. To live a life of unrestrained self-indulgence never brings true happiness. To live for Christ under His loving restraint is always a blessing. |
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