Titus 3:1
1 Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
My wife still can’t eat really fresh salsa or cake pops. Both those lovely foods were favorites of ours until pregnancy when each was a cause of, shall we say, a refund. Some how, those foods still turn her stomach even though that child is 10 years old. We can get that way with things that hurt us. They become sickening forever after.
For the Christian, what can be more repellant than rebellion? We watched it hang our Savior on a cross. We hate the memory and, God forbid, the continual presence in our lives. While there are times when we must rebel against some crooked authority, we only do it to submit to God. In the climate we find ourselves in, search your heart to check your appetite for rebellion and be ready for every good work.
Prayer prompt: Lord, teach me to hate rebellion and draw close to You, ready to do the good works You have prepared for us.