Direction

Face it. People suck at following directions. 

For the most part, directions and rules are relatively easy to follow, the big ones anyway. But when it comes down to it, we as people definitely don't do as good a job as we should when it comes to following ALL the rules. Especially when following those rules comes at the expense of something we desire, be it material wealth, power, relationships, or comfort.

Why is it so hard for us to follow the rules, especially those set out by God? Often times, I think about Romans 7:15, which says that

15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do

I then make the following excuse for my actions: "Dude, God made me this way. He knows that I'm going to break rules, so it's cool. Whatever." Something along those lines. However, putting the blame on God for our weakness is also very wrong, not to mention cowardly and juvenile. What then can we do about our renegade thoughts and actions? 

This is the hard part. Obviously, the only way we really can overcome our tendency to fly off the handle is to trust in Christ to grow within us and let Him shine in our lives more and more. To truly die to our sinful desires, that we may have the desires and the mindset of Christ should be our goal, day in, day out. Jesus needs to envelop our thought process, our actions, He needs to be our discipline and our advisor.

Because when we choose not to, trouble usually ensues.