Children, obey your parents because you are Christians. This is the right thing to do. “Honor your father and mother that everything may go well for you, and you may have a long life on earth.”
Ephesians 6:1–3
P arents. Even if they don’t deserve it, honor them. Even if they’re crazy, honor them. They might not be right or good, but honor them. Yes, God’s Word commands honor, and honor doesn’t have to be earned; it has to be given, period. “Honor your father and mother” is the only one of the Ten Commandments that also comes with a promise—that “everything may go well for you, and you may have a long life on earth” (Eph. 6:3). For some reason God found it important to bless honor. Maybe that’s because of all the commands, this one is the hardest. Whether it’s because of how close you are or because of the permanence of the relationship or some other reason, honoring your parents is probably the commandment that comes the hardest to you. But think about this: honoring them is not giving them what they deserve but giving God what he deserves, and that is your obedience.
Soldiers at war have to be willing to obey the commands they are given without any hesitation, because the mission depends on it. Commanding officers know the whole mission and have more information than the soldiers, and because of that they have to be obeyed immediately. In the life of the God Girl your commander is God, and while he might give orders to your parents that are then given to you, he is still your commander. And even if your parents don’t have serving God as their mission, you still have to serve them because that’s your assignment for the first eighteen years of your life. For some reason God saw fit to choose them as your parents, and that’s worth noting. Don’t miss that: life isn’t luck of the draw. God is actively working in your life. Nothing happens unless he lets it happen, and you can be sure that he let these two people be your parents. So unless they ask you to sin, you have to honor them and obey their rule in your life.