Manual For Living:
There are moments – recurring in scattered and unpredictable instances, when Rachel and I may have a cereal bar as part of our breakfast, or as a snack during the day.
The particular cereal bar which we have has an educational quote printed on the side of the wrapper.
Some of the information is well known, but sometimes it’s great to learn something new or be reminded of something unusual.
For instance, a penguin can hold it’s breath under water for 20 minutes. There are less than 6,000 tigers living in the wild. Killer whales don’t sleep for the first month of their lives.
A koala bears finger prints are almost identical to a humans. Humming birds are the only bird that can fly backwards. The sailfish is the fastest fish and can swim up to 109 km per hour..
Slugs have four noses. And the first hot-air balloon passengers were a sheep, a duck, and a hen.
Anyhow, you’ll never believe how excited we become when the cereal bars come out! There we are, wondering what interesting point we’re going to learn today.
How disappointing it is when we receive something that we’ve already read before!
Then, in an uncontrolled manner, we begin to look for another cereal bar with something new to read.
Such bother when it’s the last in the box!
Hum!
Friends, the BIBLE is for using and enjoying with others, and its central message is easy enough to be comprehended by all people.
There’s so much to share, but basically, it’s a manual for living!
How marvellous it is when we look at the same chapter, verse or phrase over and over again – yet, we never become tired of reading those words.
And what a beautiful kaleidoscope of versions and paraphrases we have today!
Moreover, what a blessing it is to read a Bible text that we’ve read many times before, and suddenly, something fresh, new and dynamic jumps out from the page or screen reader.
Still, admittedly, there are moments when we read Bible words, and we don’t fully appreciate or understand them!
Nevertheless, it’s so easy to take the Bible for granted!
Yes that’s right! Consider what it would be like to be lost without a road map or without a sat nav!
And even if you’ve got a sat nav, it’s only as good as the information inside it!
O boy!
Furthermore, think back to those moments as a child, when you use to wake up in a strange place completely befuddled by the extreme darkness!
No need to be afraid now, eh?
So, where would we be without His Word in our lives? We know that we would be totally lost, completely disorientated without it!
Friends, the Bible has the power to transform our lives. The information on those cereal bars can’t do that!
On the other hand, by God’s Word, we can see where we’re going – He throws a beam of light on our dark path!1.
For this reason, let’s make focused readings of the Bible our priority.
Take God’s Word with us, anywhere and everywhere we go.
Memorize His Word and tell it to each other over and over again.
Let’s talk about it all the time, whether we’re at home or walking along the road or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning.2.
1 Psalm 119:105
2 Deuteronomy 6:7
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