I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands. Psalm 119:10 NIV
Today's lesson learned from trekking through the Magic Kingdom: you must obey the cast members. Do not stray from their commands lest ye be ridiculed in front of 10,000 of your closest strangers.
Good or bad, the cast members are Disney's law and order. They mean business. Most are friendly and go out of their way to help you. After all, they work in the happiest place on earth, right?
Yet we know they are still flawed and sometimes their rules suspend logic (although I must admit that is the goal of Disney - to suspend logic). But I digress. We spectators see the cast members directing traffic for no real reason, herding people like cattle through the most efficient people herding system of all time. Yet we still see flaws in their logic and thus at the first opportunity, we 'bend' the rules in our favor. Usually we don't get caught and nothing bad comes of it, but no matter what we think, they have put out rules that we must obey - for our safety and the safety of others.
Are not God's commands true and right and perfect? Should we try to bend them when we feel constrained and can't see the logic behind it? I think not. God's rules are just and infallible and immovable. We must obey. But being human prevents us from being truly obedient, therefore we need God's help. This verse is a plea for that help.
Lord help us today bend to your will, and not bend your will to our own selfish ways.
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