From: The Upper Room Ministries
Psalm 25:4 "Your ways, O Lord, make known to me; teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and teach me."
One day I purchased an entertainment center. I began to assemble the unit as soon as I got home, putting aside the instruction manual. When I finished, there were extra screws and a couple of other parts left over, but the unit seemed fine. However, when I placed the TV and other equipment on it, the entertainment center came apart because it could not support the weight of all the equipment. Obviously, I had not assembled the unit correctly, according to the instruction manual.
In terms of the spiritual life, we have a resource to serve as our guide, an instruction manual composed of 66 books (73 if you're Catholic), full of sage advice and wisdom for living according to God's will. The Bible is this instruction manual. If we read it, study it, and apply its wisdom as a guide for living a God-centered life, we can bear the weight of what life brings.
Not only that but, guided by the word of God, we can live victoriously. In 1 John 5:13 we have the promise: "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life." I believe eternal life begins right now, as we journey with God day by day here on earth.
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