Obedience Makes You The Best

 

Horse lovers know that the Arabian horses are the best in the world. To make them the best, the owners of the horses choose them from the best stable and place them in the hands of the best trainer.

 

The trainer requires absolute obedience from these horses in order to make them the best of the lot. Hence he puts them to rigorous tests in the deserts of Arabia.When he has given them enough training the trainer would put them to a final test. This final test is almost beyond the endurance of any living thing.

The horses are forced to go without water for days together. Then the trainer turns them loose, and naturally these horses would invariably gallop toward the stream, craving to satiate their thirst. But, just as they get to the edge, ready to plunge in and drink, the trainer blows his whistle.

 

The horses who have been completely trained and who have learned perfect obedience stop. They turn around and come pacing back to the trainer. They stand there quivering, wanting water, but they wait in perfect obedience.

 

Then the trainer knows for sure that he has their obedience. He pats them and gives them a signal to go back to drink. Now this may look severe but unless the horse is obedient and trustworthy, it would not be rated the best.

 

Our God is not harsh, but He trains us with love and gentleness. When we go astray in this process of learning to obey Him, He gently rebukes us and makes us understand that He considers us as precious and puts His confidence in us more than anybody else. For He wants us to be the best of the lot!

 

Dear friends, we must be willing to undergo the training, however hard it may be, and prove ourselves to be trustworthy. Then the Lord would entrust us the greatest and most privileged responsibility of serving Him.