GPS systems for your car that talk to you and show you where to go. Mapquest.com, an internet web site, can give you specific directions from the front door of one place to the back door of another. If you get lost, you are not really trying very hard or you are a guy who doesn’t like to use directions.
Have you ever gotten in trouble because you didn’t follow directions? Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket because you refused to follow directions? What would happen if you went to the doctor for an illness and didn’t follow his/her directions?
Or have you tried to program a DVD player; or a flat screen TV; or a remote, for that matter; without following directions? (Or do you really know what the word ‘program’ means? You have to read the directions.) Have you ever bought a cell phone that has lots of gadgets and didn’t use most of them because you didn’t want to read the directions? (“I can make a phone call and that’s what I bought it for,” is a very good excuse for not reading directions.) Whether we like them or not, directions are very important to just about anything that we do.
Some directions, however, border on the ridiculous. Consider the following actual directions:
On packaging for an iron: Do not iron clothes on body.
In a microwave oven manual: Do not use for drying pets.
On a toaster: Do not use underwater.
On a mattress: Do not attempt to swallow.
In a microwave oven manual: Do not use for drying pets.
On a toaster: Do not use underwater.
On a mattress: Do not attempt to swallow.
One of the reasons the Bible is written is for the purpose of providing direction in our lives. But it is much more. If we look at the Bible only as a guide, then we are missing the premise of Hebrews 4:12, which says:
“For the word of God is living and active; sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
The word of God can change the hearts of man. The word of God has changed the lives of many. The word of God comforts the soul. The word of God makes people whole. What other book has the power to miraculously transform broken lives?
The Lord calls all of those who have accepted His saving grace. There are only a few who truly answer the call.
So where do you stand?
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Soles of Faith #9
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