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Key Bible Verse:Obey God because you are his children 1 Peter 1:14.Bonus Reading:Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The value of doing what we've been told—for our own good—was illustrated vividly in 1983 when more than 90 people conducted an all-night search for Dominic.

While on a skiing trip with his father, this eight-year-old apparently had ridden a new lift and skied off the run without realizing it. The search party hoped to find him on the mountain slope before it was too late. But by dawn they'd found no trace of the boy. Then two helicopters joined the search and within 15 minutes spotted ski tracks. A ground team followed the tracks, which changed to small footprints and eventually led to a tree, where they found Dominic.

"He's in super shape," search and rescue coordinator Sgt. Terry Silbaugh told family and press. "In fact, he's in better shape than we are right now."

Silbaugh explained why the boy wasn't even admitted to a hospital despite spending a night in the freezing elements. His father had enough foresight to warn the boy what to do to protect himself from frostbite and hypothermia if he became lost. His son had enough trust to do exactly what his father said. Dominic snuggled up to a tree and covered himself with its branches. He never would have thought of this on his own. He simply obeyed his wise and loving father.

—Luis Palau in Telling the Story

My Response: A command I first resisted, but now realize is best for me, is …

Thought to Apply: Learn to obey. Only he who obeys a rhythm superior to his own is free.—Nikos Kazantakis

Adapted from Telling the Story (Regal, 2006) by permission.

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