JUST USE IT.

All my life I have been interested in cars.

Even before I was old enough to own a

car I was tearing down engines and working

on them.  So, it should be no surprise to 

you that for over twenty five years I worked

as a technician in a Lincoln Mercury dealership.

Yes, I have had a number of hot rods.  But

do you know what.  Depending on my age,

my girl friend or my wife could care less

about all those neat details that make a 

car run.  All they wanted to do was "use it."

I am simply trying to say that by nature I

am interested in the technical aspect of 

things.

I have studied my Bible for over sixty

years, and the Lord willing I plan on it

for the rest of my life.  But this has allowed

me to see a disturbing trend among Christians.

A lot of us learn lots and lots of facts from

our Bible studies.  But, do we apply them?

Jesus said,

"No! The Scriptures say,

'People do not live by bread alone,

but by every word that comes from

the mouth of God.'"

(Matthew 4:4 NLT)

Perhaps instead of using the Bible as a

technical manual we need to simply 

use it to feed out souls.

How many preachers with a "Dr." in 

front of their name do you see doing,

miraculous signs and wonders?  It seems

that the areas of the world where God is

working miracles is often where the people

are very simple, but they simply take God

at his word.

My point is,

quit worrying about the details, doctrines

etc. of the Bible and just start taking God

at his word and JUST USE IT.

Yes, yes, yes.  God had performed pure

miracles for me a few times in my life.

But not one of them was because I was

smart.  Each one was simply the result

of a desperate cry out to God in the time

of an urgent need.

 "Yes! I tell you that unless you change 

and become like little children, 

you won't even enter the Kingdom 

of Heaven!"

(Matthew 18:3 CJB)