I know what you’re thinking. Did he mean to write ‘Life Without Limits’? No, actually I meant ‘Life Within Limits’. The reason being, is that our life, if it’s to be any kind of life at all, must be lived within certain parameters. They are a part of life, and a part of a well-lived life.
I often think about our lives and how when we get too extreme in one area that we end up in trouble. I guess that’s why balance is so important. We can’t go too far in one direction or we get into trouble. Of course, if we want proof, all we need to do is look at people who haven’t kept things in balance. I think some addictions are good examples of this. Have you ever seen someone addicted to video games? Now, video games aren’t necessarily bad. But something that’s OK in moderation easily becomes bad in the extreme. Now, I will say there are some things that are just bad whether people become addicted to them or not. However, there are many things that aren’t necessarily negative in themselves, but become negative influences when not taking a balanced approach to them.
Sometimes we can even become unbalanced in our approach to things that people would consider good things. Take exercise, for instance. There was a time in college where I got to the point with exercise that I really wanted, or looked forward, to doing it every day. A friend of mine, and myself, would go and lift weights or run most every day of the week with maybe just a couple days off. It actually got to the point that I looked forward to exercising most of the time. You kind of felt like you were missing something if you didn’t go. Now, don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t say that I got to the point that I was addicted to exercise. Although, I know that there are people that get addicted to it. There’s an addiction you can develop to those endorphins. Maybe that explains people who do triathlons. I don’t know, just trying to make sense of it. I mean, triathletes and marathon runners are crazy, right? Just kidding. Anyway, while I can’t say my exercise reached the point of being out of balance, I could see how that might happen.
These are just a couple examples of being out of balance. This can happen in any area of our lives, though. We get started into something, and before we know it, we’re so consumed with that one thing that other areas of our lives begin to suffer. So, there is a power in having a well-balanced life. But what about those things that are wrong?
Now, there are some things that we can get involved with that are wrong. There are boundaries and guidelines which God has given to us all. These rules aren’t God trying to make sure we have no fun. The reason God has given us guidelines is because He loves us. And these rules are a reflection of God and his nature. He didn’t just pull them out of thin air. There are specific attributes assigned to God. In order for us to be in right relation with Him, we need to be follow his guidelines. Malachi 3:6 says, “For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.” So, the reason we have to follow these rules is because since he doesn’t change, then neither do his rules.
Proverbs 15:32 says, “He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.” This reminds me of when we were little kids and our parents corrected us. They did this for our own good, to keep us out of trouble. We knew when we were at home that there were certain rules we had to follow, or there were going to be consequences. It’s the same principle with God.
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In Matthew 7:14 it says, “Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” This shows us plainly that there’s a broad way leading to destruction. That’s someone living a life without rules or refusing instruction. Then there’s a narrow way leading to life, and eternal life. This is the person living life within limits and adhering to instruction. I often like to use the analogy of a road when it comes to following rules. Because if we get too far to the right we end up in the ditch, and if we go too far to the left we end up in oncoming traffic. Neither are good outcomes. So, God has given us these rules so we know where the guidelines are. This is the balance of a straight and narrow life.
God only wants good things for us. It’s important we remember this whenever we are looking into His word and His commandments. James 1:25 says, “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” See, this verse calls God laws the ‘perfect law of liberty’. So, we are really only living free, or at liberty, when we are following His word. And His word says that the person that does these things will be blessed. So, it seems that a ‘Life Without Limits’ is really only lived when we are living a ‘Life Within Limits’.
Malachi 3:6 says, “For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.”
Proverbs 15:32 says, “He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.”
Matthew 7:14 it says, “Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”
James 1:25 says, “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.”