“Harbour master urges boaties to follow the rules,” it says in the paper. (The Northland Age, Thursday, October 20, 2016)
He is repeating the annual summer safely message:
- Wearing life jackets.
- Travelling at a safe speed.
- The need for dive flags.
- Lowering the wake while crossing harbours.
AUCKLAND: Harbour
One of the books in my small library is written by a German Evangelist called Anton Schulte. GOTTES 10 GEBOTE (Spielregeln fuers Leben) is the title of the book. In English: GOD’S 10 COMMANDMENTS (Rules for our Life).
We find the ten Commandments in Exodus chapter twenty. Here they are:
- Exodus 20:1: “‘I am the LORD your God, …'”
- Exodus 20:3: “‘You shall no other gods before me.'”
- Exodus 20:7: “‘You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, …'”
- Exodus 20:8: “‘Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.'”
- Exodus 20:12: “‘Honor your father and mother, …'”
- Exodus 20:13: “‘You shall not murder.'”
- Exodus 20:14: “‘You shall not commit adultery.'”
- Exodus 20:15: ”’You shall not steal.'”
- Exodus 20:16: “‘You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.'”
- Exodus 20:17: “‘You shall not covet your neighbors house.'”
Just as the harbour master is urging boaties to follow the water safety rules, God is commanding us to follow his rules for our life for our own good.