Obedience: The Retro Rocket for Life. You’re Off Course! #shorts

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The only way that moonshot was eventually able to hit its mark is that along the way mission control would occasionally set off these little things called retro rockets. Well obedience for me is the retro rocket for life. Listen guys, our lives are off course, probably 97% of the time and I really like to consider obedience really as the retro rocket for life. I want to start by looking at what Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes. I think I've mentioned this to you guys before but when I read Ecclesiastes, Solomon wrote the entire book really whining.

He says, chasing after wind nine times. All his vanity is quoted 33 times, meaningless, meaningless, 35 times. He goes through the entire book talking about the futility of life but then when he gets to the very end, now listen, this is the wisest man that we know in all of history. When he says something we should pay attention. He gets all done and I'm paraphrasing now, now that I've said all this stuff and now that I've done all this whining, here's really what it boils down to.

Ecclesiastes 12, 13. What does it say? Now all has been heard, he says. Here is the conclusion of the matter. Now get this guys.

Two things, fear God and keep his commandments. He goes on to say this, for this is the whole duty of man. Wow, powerful, powerful words. Guys, listen, when he talks about fearing God, that doesn't mean cowering in a corner of being afraid of God. That means being in awe of God, loving God.

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