BELTING
OUR LOVE

Topics: Commands; Law; Love; Obedience; Safety; Ten Commandments

References: Exodus 20:1–17; John 14:23–24; 1 John 5:3

Until a few years ago, there were no laws about child safety seats and automobile restraint systems. Many young children who were not safely belted in their seats died in car accidents.

Today laws prohibit children from riding in a car without special seating facing the right direction and properly installed. New mothers must have the seat in place before taking a child home from the hospital.

A parent’s love for a child is beautiful. Yet when a child’s safety is at stake, it seems a parent’s love is not always enough. Many parents needed a seat belt law to ensure the safety of their children.

The same is true of our love and devotion for God and other people. Feelings are not enough. We needed laws and boundaries in the form of commands to help us love God and others.

—Troy Dean, Fullerton, California

PART 22: PRAYER