Place de Charles de Gaulle

 

In 2005, we traveled to France to visit the Bible Institute in Algarange.  One afternoon, we drove to Paris to take in the sights.  I drove one car and Sonney H. drove the other.  We visited all of the tourist sights and drove down the Champs-Élysées, the most popular boulevard in Paris.  It ended at the Place de Charles de Gaulle, and before I knew it, we were in the huge roundabout circling the Arc de Triomphe with seven lanes and twelve exits!  Cars to the left had the right-of-way, and cars coming in had to yield.  Sonney and I circled three times before I could find the right exit out!  Hey, sometimes in life, I am grateful for lines and rules.  Without rules, we couldn’t survive.  Hey, God has rules too.  They are called the Ten Commandments.  And God’s rules are intended to keep us safe.  Without obeying God’s rules for life, we would slip into wicked debauchery and wicked lawlessness!  David said in Psalm 19:9, “The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.”  We may grumble at following God’s rules, but they are for our own good.  Disobey them at our peril!  Follow them and we will have peace, safety, and a good life.