Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
The Bible has placed a crown of honor on the heads of a certain group of people, a crown that will glisten through all eternity to come: "These [in Berea] were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so" (Acts 17:11). Are there "fair-minded" ones today? Are you among them?
Just to make payments on the house and the car, and provide for the bills and other expenses, keeps us working almost night and day. The children must have better opportunities than we had when we were kids; there just doesn't seem to be time to "search the scriptures daily" to see if anything is really true. We are just busy doing our duty!
We don't read that Jesus condemns busy people, but for sure, He feels for them, He is concerned, for they are in danger. As kindly as He can find words to express His concern He says: "Be careful not to let yourselves become occupied ... with the worries of this life, or that Day may suddenly catch you like a trap. ... Be on watch and pray always that you will have the strength to go safely through all those things ..." (Luke 21:34-36, Good News Bible).
Over a hundred years ago a wise writer penned some serious words: "True love for Jesus will lead to the most close and earnest inquiry as to what is truth. ... He who is too indolent to make anxious, prayerful search for truth, will be left to receive errors which shall prove the ruin of his soul." There is no need to be caught in that "trap." Jesus was busier than you or I have ever been, but the Father woke Him up early each morning to study and to pray (Isa. 50:4, 5).
The important difference between Him and us is that He did not "rebel." Remember, He takes the initiative in maintaining fellowship with you, as the Father did with Jesus. You too can respond to His initiative. Study and learn, "daily." Don't "rebel."
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: July 16, 2001.
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