Boundaries

Sanity and safety come from respecting boundaries. Danger comes from a lack of discipline and
Its subsequent rebellion. Total freedom to do what we want can cause total ruin. While
this  fact may be understood in the natural sense, it may not be spiritually obvious. We understand our parents guidance and boundary setting, but not realize God’s authority to lead us.
 Our parents are supposed to teach us right from wrong, which comes from God’s word. Why do we resist God? It’s in our nature. All of us have violated God’s boundaries. And illicit choices lead to condemnation and separation from God, Who only established those boundaries for our protection and happiness.
God used the cross to bridge that divide. Our choice to believe this gospel and desire to please God opens the door to heaven and the righteousness necessary to dwell there becomes ours in a wonderful, gracious exchange for our sin. At last we are able to know and trust God’s boundaries and obey them. Our nature has changed like a dirty robe discarded for a clean robe.
Do you chafe under God’s law or do you love God so much that it’s a joy to obey Him? Have you climbed the fence into forbidden territory? If you have strayed from God’s fold, do you want to return to Him? The choice is yours.