A Devotional Piece for Educators

3.  Arabian horses go through rigorous training in the deserts of the Middle East. The
trainers require absolute obedience from the horses, and test them to see if they are
completely trained. The final test is almost beyond the endurance of any living thing.
The trainers force the horses to do without water for many days. Then he turns them
loose and of course they start running toward the water, 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. When the trainer is sure that he has their
obedience he gives them a signal to go back to drink.Now this may be severe but
when you are on the trackless desert of Arabia and your life is entrusted to a horse,
you had better have a trained obedient horse. We must accept God's training and
obey Him.
 Source Unknown.

5. O·be·di·ence (From Google)
əˈbēdēəns,ōˈbēdēəns/
Noun: Obedience
 is compliance with an order, request, or law or
submission to another's authority.
 “Children were taught to show their parents obedience“.
 Synonyms: compliance, acquiescence, tractability,
amenability, duty, observance of the law/rules

6.  Obedience(Vocabulary.com)
Obedience is behavior that's respectful and mindful of rules and
laws. Parents, teachers, and cops all appreciate obedience.
 If you have a dog, you might have taken it to obedience school.
Trainers help teach dogs obedience — obeying commands and
showing good behavior. For a dog, obedience consists of things
like shaking and lying down on command, coming when called,
and going to the bathroom outside. People demonstrate
obedience when they follow the law, and kids show obedience
when they obey their parents and teachers. Obedience is
respectful.

8. Obedience (From Merriam Webster Dictionary)
noun obe·di·ence ō-ˈbē-dē-ən(t)s , ə-
 a : an act or instance of obeying
b : the quality or state of being obedient
 Children should learn obedience and respect for
authority.

9.  John Kenneth Galbraith, in his autobiography, A Life in Our Times, illustrates
the devotion of Emily Gloria Wilson, his family's housekeeper:
It had been a wearying day, and I asked Emily to hold all telephone calls while I
had a nap. Shortly thereafter the phone rang. Lyndon Johnson was calling from
the White House.“ Get me Ken Galbraith. This is Lyndon Johnson."
"He is sleeping, Mr. President. He said not to disturb him."
"Well, wake him up. I want to talk to him."
"No, Mr. President. I work for him, not you. When I called the President back, he
could scarcely control his pleasure. "Tell that woman I want her here in the White
House."
John Kenneth Galbraith, A Life in Our Times, Houghton Mifflin, Reader's Digest,
December, 1981.

20.  “Why do we have to obey our parents?”
 Parental obedience is about doing the right thing for the right reasons.
 First, we need to obey our parents because nature demands it. Our parents brought us into this world,
protected us and provided for our needs when we were young and helpless. They love us dearly, and
are always prepared to sacrifice their enjoyments, comforts even their lives for our sake. Hence
naturally, we should reciprocate by loving them back, always feeling grateful to them and being ready
to do all we can for their happiness. In fact, the least is to obey them.
 Next, we have to obey our parents because they were here before us and as such, experience is on their
side. They have done most of the things we are doing now, thus they know what’s bad and good for us.
For Christians, parental obedience is not an option. The Bible demands us to obey our parents with
super reasons:
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother (this is the first
commandment with a promise), that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.
(Ephesians 6:1–3)
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. (Colossians 3:20)

22. Why do we obey the elders?
 They are the authority.
 They have more experience, knowledge, wisdom,
 Because they are more responsible and wiser than (most) children and teenagers, and
so we offer them respect for their support, by obeying them where necessary
 Because they've been in a lot of situations we haven't yet. Sure, they can't always help
us, but they are right more often than the youth-centred media would like us to
believe.
 Because we love, respect and trust them that they won’t do anything that might harm
us.
 They will guide our life to lead a right way.
 Their pieces of advice are generally correct because of their experiences.

26.  He Knows What Is Best
 A Persian legend runs that a certain king needed a faithful servant, and two men were
candidates for the office. He took both at fixed wages, and his first order was to fill a
basket with water from a neighboring well, saying that he would come in the evening
and see their work. After putting in one or two bucketful, one man said, "What is the
good of doing this useless work? As soon as we put the water in one side it runs out
the other." The other answered, "But we have our wages, haven't we? The use is the
master's business, not ours." "I am not going to do such fool's work," replied the other.
Throwing down his bucket, he went away. The other man continued until he had
exhausted the well; looking down into it he saw something shining—a diamond ring.
"Now I see the use of pouring water into a basket," he cried. "If the bucket had
brought up the ring before the well was emptied, it would have been found in the
basket. Our work was not useless." Christians must believe that their divine Master
knows what is best, and obey His commands, and in due time they will know and
understand.—Christian Herald.

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33. James T. White has said that perhaps the most
effective illustration of obedience is the reply
of the mother of George Washington made at
the banquet given to the allied officers after
the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. A
distinguished French officer asked
Washington's mother how she managed to
rear such a splendid son. She replied, "I taught
him to obey.—S. S. World.

34.  Obedience
 is compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority
 WHOM TO OBEY?
 God, Dad and Mom, Grandparents, Teachers, Elders, those who are in authority
 Why?
 To show love, respect, they have accomplished greater than us, honoring their experiences, valuing the
lessons they learned from the experiences`
 When to Obey?
 NOW
 Examples of Obedience Stories in The Bible:
 Abraham, Moses, Noah, Jonah, Daniel and His Friends, and more
 YOU? What is your story of Obedience?
 John 14:15 You love GOD? Then OBEY his commandments and share your story of obedience to
others.