“WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS, READ THE DIRECTIONS!” I’m sure most of you have heard this expression. I know I have. As a matter of fact, just recently I was given a new retirement watch. I immediately set the time and it began to run---for a little while---and then it stopped. Well, into the jeweler I quickly went, sharing with him that I believed it probably needed a new battery. He took one look at it and said, “Oh, you have an automatic watch.” Then he began to explain to me how it works by motion, never needing any batteries or winding.
I asked him if he could take a couple of links out of the band so it would fit better. As he was busy doing this, I took time to read the little instruction paper that was in the box that the watch came in. Yes, you guessed it. If I had only taken the time to read these four or five sentences, I could have saved some embarrassment on my part as well as a trip to the mall.
Do you suppose we could apply that same principle in the spiritual realm? Of course we could. I wonder how many people are trying to find their way in life without reading the directions? Life’s instruction manual is available to those who will take the time to read it. The Bible, God’s Holy Word contains the road map to personal peace, joy, and hope. But I wonder how many have ignored it and gone on with the pursuit of these things without consulting the Author of Life.
The Bible is not only to be read, it is to be followed. An old hunter in Michigan, when the country was new, got lost in the woods several times. He was told to buy a pocket compass, which he did, and a friend explained to him its use. He soon got lost. When found, he was asked why he did not travel by the compass. He said he did not dare to. He wished to go north, and he "tried hard to make the thing point north but it wasn't no use; "'twould shake, shake right round, and point southeast every time." A great many people fail of the right direction in life for the same reason of the mishap which befell our Michigan friend: they are afraid to take the Bible and follow just as it points.
I asked him if he could take a couple of links out of the band so it would fit better. As he was busy doing this, I took time to read the little instruction paper that was in the box that the watch came in. Yes, you guessed it. If I had only taken the time to read these four or five sentences, I could have saved some embarrassment on my part as well as a trip to the mall.
Do you suppose we could apply that same principle in the spiritual realm? Of course we could. I wonder how many people are trying to find their way in life without reading the directions? Life’s instruction manual is available to those who will take the time to read it. The Bible, God’s Holy Word contains the road map to personal peace, joy, and hope. But I wonder how many have ignored it and gone on with the pursuit of these things without consulting the Author of Life.
The Bible is not only to be read, it is to be followed. An old hunter in Michigan, when the country was new, got lost in the woods several times. He was told to buy a pocket compass, which he did, and a friend explained to him its use. He soon got lost. When found, he was asked why he did not travel by the compass. He said he did not dare to. He wished to go north, and he "tried hard to make the thing point north but it wasn't no use; "'twould shake, shake right round, and point southeast every time." A great many people fail of the right direction in life for the same reason of the mishap which befell our Michigan friend: they are afraid to take the Bible and follow just as it points.
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