Well today after months of forgetting to put it in the car....she came over and I was home.....so I presented the Bible to her. To which she said as I placed it in her hands, "boy, that's heavy".
Her comment: "boy, that's heavy"...made me think, she's correct, the Bible, Gods word is heavy.
We sat and laughed and even said "what were you expecting The New Testament with Proverbs"? To which she said half kidding, "yeah, you know the one you stick in your back pocket and pull it out real quick when you need to reference something".
From there my husband said "yeah, like the owners manual of the vehicle, you only get it out when there is a question or a problem with the vehicle".
Now we had our laugh, but I felt a real heavy burden to write this because, even though we laugh, it is true for many.
They think that Gods book is too heavy, so therefore they never pick it up, and they think that Gods words are only to be used to chastise those who are doing wrong.
Yes that is true it is to be used to chastise those who are doing wrong, but it's a book for those who are Believers. This is a book to be read daily so that we, Believers can act with purpose.
When Gods word disciplines it's for those that believe in Jesus for their salvation. It is not a rule book to be followed by those who follow the world, yet many Christians want to use it that way.
So to you, who call yourself a Christian, I have a question for you....do you open the "manual" daily so that you stay running at tip top performance or is it a manual that only gets used when the lights start dinging, and the vehicle has stopped moving?
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