A BRILLIANT STUDENT VOLUNTEERED to work at a church camp and ended up as chief potato peeler.
A friend who admired her intelligence said, “It’s too bad you had to end up peeling potatoes.”
She replied, “I don’t have to think about potatoes while I’m peeling them. I think about my Bible verse for the day.”
THERE ARE TOO MANY SIMPLE CHRISTIANS.
They live complacently as fools, ignoring God’s Word, trusting in “voices” and “visions” instead of going directly to The Source, the Bible.
If you had a treasure map that directed you to millions in gold, would you trust the advice of other miners, or wander aimlessly in the hills with a metal detector?
No! But that’s what most believers do, ignoring the written Words of Life at their fingertips, replacing His recorded wisdom for praise, prayer and problematic perceptions.
I know. I know. You’re just not a morning person. Not many are.
Charles Spurgeon wrote: “In the morning is the fittest time with God. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.”
If you have a problem getting up in the morning, you can do what one of “The Cambridge 7” did to make sure he didn’t miss The Morning Watch.
“THERE IS DUST ENOUGH ON SOME OF YOUR BIBLES TO WRITE ‘DAMNATION’ WITH YOUR FINGERS!” —Charles Spurgeon
If you find it hard having one daily Quiet Time with the Lord, reading your Bible and spending time with him, imagine having two.
Dawson Trotman, founder of The Navigators, a ministry that teaches people how to get closer with God, had a Quiet Time in the morning AND in the evening. Whenever he had a crowd of people over to his home and sensed the conversation was ending, he would use this code to signal his wife: “H.W.L.W.”
He’d then announce, “All right, H. W. L. W.”
I USED TO VISIT TWO MEN IN THE COUNTY JAIL EACH WEEK.
The first man I visited had stopped going to church and said that was the reason why he was behind bars. I assumed he stopped reading his Bible, too.
“How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?” (Proverbs 1:22)
The other man I visited, got out of jail and took with him some Bible material. “Have you learned your lesson?” I asked. He said yes.
He professed faith in Christ, came to church, then suddenly stopped and went missing. A year later he was found dead.
WHAT DO YOU SEEK FIRST? Seeking Jesus first means you will have to adjust your daily schedule. It may mean getting up a little earlier. If you miss reading the Word because you are too busy, then you are too busy. There was a time management expert who was speaking to a group of business