THE ANTIDOTE

"It is impossible to righteously govern the world without God and the Bible." - George Washington

 

If it were possible, it would be alarming to realize that we all walk around, with a question mark on our heads. Some question marks, are bigger and more conspicuous than some other people's. We all have important questions that require urgent answers.

A circuit riding preacher entered one church building with his young son, and dropped a coin into the offering box in the back. Not many came that Sunday, and those who did didn't seem too excited about what was said. After the service, the preacher and son walked to the back, and he emptied the box. Out fell one coin. The young boy said, "Dad, if you'd have put more in, you'd have gotten more out!"

The great preacher Alexander White, when he was too old to mount the pulpit, would rise every morning to prepare a sermon, even though he never preached them. He did so until the day he died. He was convinced that study of the Word was essential to saving himself.

To every question - asked or not - bothering the human race, there is an answer. That answer is found in the operational manual for humans. Our manufacturer, God, understood the need to leave a guide for us - his product - because life as it is doesn't run so smoothly like we intend for it to. If we put more into life - by studying God's Word - the more we'll get back out when we go to empty the box of our expectations. Studying God's Word is both antidote, and vaccine against the deadly viruses life injects into us - spiritually or otherwise.

 

Let us pray: Father, give me grace to study in Jesus name.

 

WISDOM NUGGET: 1 Timothy 4:16
" Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine..." - KJV