Do I Have Privilege to Disobey?

[S] Joshua 7:18 --
¹⁸ Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

[O] Achan, whose sin caused the Israelites' defeat against Ai, belong to the tribe of Judah which Joshua belong to.  I may be reading between the lines here but I believe it is much easier for the people close to the leaders to break or bend the rules just because of a privileged feeling.  I recently learned this while preparing the lesson plan for BSF high school class I teach -- God's privileged leaders do not have the privilege to disobey.  Application from this principle is that whenever we feel like I'm a bit more special to not to follow all the rules, I should instead of practice humility and obedience because the consequences may be too severe as with Achan.

[A] Whenever I am tempted to override any rules and regulations, remember Achan.

[P] Dear God, Your holiness and purity blessed me as I read over what happened to Achan's sin.  You want us to live pure and holy lives even if it means being "deathly" serious about removing wrong-thoughts/actions from our lives.  May I walk this life of holiness for your pleasure.  In Jesus' name.  Amen.