Simply Obey With Faith

Today my mother and I were invited to a dinner by our neighbour. After filling up my stomach, I went outside to the playground where my cousins were playing happily with the neighbour's kids. They played "Merry Go Round by Feet". Spinning happily with laughter and joy, until someone falls down they simply come near and hold them up and laugh together at it.

There's is just so much joy. There were no shame of a boy holding a girl's hand, nor any despise of age and gender, all simply joy in the simple game. The instruction is simple, follow and lead each other.

Huh? How do you follow, and lead at the same time? Perhaps the word "lead" does not really describe it right, perhaps holding on to each other would be a better description.

Imagine this, 8 people holding each other's hand and make a circle. The game starts and there's one fellow pulling the whole circle? Where is the fun? The circle will move slow and dreadful. Imagine they all laughing and counting to 3 and SPIN!!! Everyone launch at the same time, how soon will the circle accelerate?

Now imagine, one of the 8 people tripped and fall. The two persons holding on to that person do not want to help him out, will the circle still goes on or all 8 people fall? Imagine if one guy trips and the two guys beside by their strength hold him up, will the circle not keep going?

A simple game yet so much to learn...

Imagine there's a 2 years old boy (This actually happened during the game), he easily will fall and trip when the elder ones goes too fast. One of the mother came and put two eldest kid to hold on the the small boy. In the same way the strong must help the weak, the old must guide the young, the rich should comfort the poor. The world tells you the "Survival of the fittest", but the Bible tells us in Romans 15:1 "We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves."

Why were they so happy? They simply obey what was told for them to do, what is right to keep the circle running!

We are united by Christ and we have unity in Him, just like the children who are united by hands and love. Shouldn't we have faith like children, love like kids and uphold every single one in Christ, strong or weak, old or young, rich or poor as we walk or run in Christ?

When we obey, have faith that our Father in Heaven is kind, loving and just. He who knows us will not put us in a situation above our ability or strength and judge us when we fail. Luke 11:11 "Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?"

Matthew 19:14 "Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."