I heard recently about a "big city" boy who was preaching in a small
country town. He wanted to learn everything "country" so that I could
fit in. As he was searching for Widow Jones' farm, he got lost on the
back roads. He saw a farmer walking into his barn so he stopped for
directions.
The farmer was just beginning to milk his cow but
took time out to tell the preacher how to get to the Jones' farm. "By
the way, " the preacher asked, "Do you know what time it is?" The farmer
leaned in to the udder of the cow and said, "12:30."
The preacher
started to leave but he just HAD to know. He told the farmer, "Hey, I've
just moved from the city and I really want to know the ways of the
country. How could you tell what time it was?"
"Sit right here on
this stool, son." The preacher did.
"Now, grab hold of that
udder." He did.
"Now lean into the cow and lift up on the udder."
The preacher did.
"Lean over and look right over there on that
wall. See, that's a clock. When the little hand is on the 12..."
Sometimes it appears that other Christians have a special "secret" to be
able to do what they do or to know what they know. But the truth is,
there's no secret. The story is told about someone coming to Gus
Nichols, a great preacher, and saying, "Brother Nichols, I'd give my
life to know the Bible as well as you do." It is reported that Nichols'
reply was, "That's exactly what it took."
There's no secret to
knowing the Bible -- just a determination to spend time studying the
Word of God. There's no secret to always having time to devote to the
Lord's work -- you just have to make the time. There's no secret to
developing spiritual maturity -- it's a lifetime commitment to growing
up in Christ.
There's no secret: "Giving all diligence, add to
your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to
self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness
brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love." (2 Peter 1:5-7)
Alan Smith
No Big Secret
Today's Bible Verse:
"Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue
knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to
perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to
brotherly kindness love." (2 Peter 1:5-7)
No Big Secret
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