What Rules?

If your like me, you can sometimes get hung up about rules. It sometimes seems as if some rules are made to stop us having fun or to separate certain people.

Ever seen those posters on the side of a swimming pool..No Diving, Bombing, Running, Shouting or Petting well they are all fun and the sort of stuff we want to do in the swimming pool. But pool rules are there for our safety, and I guess in this day and age pool owners need to restrict accidents as much as possible.

In my church (The Salvation Army) there are many rules, but if we travel a short distance down the road these rules will change. If we look back over 30 years we will see change in the rules too. Is this a sign of moving forward or is it a sign of weakness in faith? Hey I'm not sure, but what I have learnt is not to get too hung up on rules.

Rules in the bible where laid out quite simply in the 10 commandments and Jesus would often talk about ways to live our lives. Those rules have never changed and the guide lines remain as strong today.


So who makes Rules and why do they change. Well some will say its to bring things up to date with today's culture, others will say its to ensure we keep moving forward. Maybe when we set rules or change rules we should not look forward but look back. Who will this effect, who has this effected is it the way forward or are we quite simply loosing our passion and faith.

If your not happy about rule changes, don't sit quietly in a corner moaning about them, find out why they have happened and stand up and be counted. There is not one person in this world that Jesus doesn't know and each and everyone is as important as the next.

Its the same in church, every person within that church is as important as the next. We all have a important role to play and each role is as important as another.

If your sitting in church feeling like a spare part or feeling like you have no importance maybe its time to step forward.