This week I did a lot of pondering on how I live by the Ten Commandments. Of course this led to the realization that I am the farthest from being perfect. Where I feel the whole of humanity fails is In the worshiping of other gods. These gods come in the form of celebrities, politicians, artists and sometimes religious leaders. It is something we all may be found guilty of if we do not acknowledge the false gods in our lives. I see how I personally fail in this department and am glad I know have discovered where I fall short so I can be better.

Run!

In Genesis 39 Joseph finds himself recently favored and entrusted of Potiphar. He was alone in Potiphar's house when Potiphar's wife tried to seduce him. Joseph did not delay in literally running away from this pretentious situation, so fast that he left his clothes. I have always admired Joseph for running away from sin and love to remember what he did when sin presents itself to me, that is that I follow Joseph's example and I "run" away.

In Genesis 24:12-14 Abraham's servant is commanded by him to find a wife for Isaac. The servant offers up a prayer to the Lord and specifically asks that the Lord show him the correctwoman by specific signs that he asked. I have found in my own life, that when I am seeking an answer from God, it is important to implement this same practice of asking specific questions and for specific signs. While God may not always answer our prayers in the way that we desire, it has helped me to receive clear answers when I ask the Lord specific questions with specific signs, just like the servant of Abraham

In this day and age, I feel that we are constantly getting distracted by meaningless things and forgetting our eternal perspective and the blessings our Heavenly Father has promised us, our birthright. In Genesis 25: 29-34 Esau sells his birthright while he was hungry, to his brother for a bowl of pottage. This of course was a very rash decision. On a daily basis many of us sell our birthright (exhalation) for pottage (sin) but the Lord is always willing to give us our birthright back when we take the necessary steps of repentance.

Scripture Insights

Noah and Adam are two exceptional examples of obedience. They both did amazing things for all of humanity without questioning the things they were being asked to do. I asked myself while studying, how did they do it? What I saw is that they understood three things. God exists, he loves us, whatever he tells us to do is in our best interest. Knowing and trusting in these facts has already helped me become more obedient.

Moses 5 and Genesis 8 talk of two of the greatest prophets in history, Adam and Noah. In Moses 5 it talks about how Adam began to offer up sacrifices, when asked why he was he responded that he didn't know why except that God commanded him. Then in Genesis we see how Noah was exactly obedient to all of God's commandments. The result of both of their incredible faith and obedience is our existence today. I only hope to possess the exact obedience they both did. Blind faith like we saw with Adam and Noah is very commendable but most definitely not easy for most of us and that is okay. It is important that we study out why the Lord commands us to do a certain thing, the commitment involved and the blessings we will receive. Often we cannot find the answer to why we should obey a certain commandment, that is when our faith is really tried and we must step up to the plate like and Noah did just do it. When we are obedient in such a way, is when we receive the greatest blessings and see the greatest of miracles.

Here's one of the greatest examples of obedience in my life, my father. He is a man of great faith and continues to remind me to remain obedient to God's commandments