Most of us don’t appreciate the time it takes to achieve anything of lasting value. You’ve got to be willing to pay your dues.
James Watt spent 20 years laboring to perfect the steam engine, which changed the world. William Harvey worked day and night for 8 years to demonstrate how blood circulated through the human body, which changed the way doctors practiced medicine. Then it took him another 25 years to convince the medical establishment he was right. And it took Henry Ford’s idea of the assembly line a decade to catch on during the Industrial Revolution, which changed the way factories worked.
Anything of lasting value takes time and a lot of correcting along the way. Its like that in our spiritual lives, as well. God is at work developing something of lasting value in your life. Hang in there; you can make it!
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An explorer discovered an ancient sundial. Recognizing its value, he restored it to its origianal condition and put it in a museum where it would be shielded from the elements – including the sun! Although he valued it, he never used it.
Is this a picture of how many Christians treat the Bible: valued but unused? I think many see the Bible as valuable, but as requiring a lot of effort to understand and apply. People really feel that they are reading about the long ago and far away. Most people think the Bible just can’t compete with Time or Newsweek.
Do you value the Book or do you use the Book? The real test of value is in the use. Agree or disagree?
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