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Tunnel
Lights
“He
hath done all things well” (Mark
7:37).
Some
Bible verses are like lanterns. They were made for dark
places and dark hours. Did you ever hear about the little
girl in the train? She couldn’t understand why the
trainman was going through the car lighting the lamps. She
said, “Mother, it is the middle of the day and the sun is
shining, why is he turning on those lights?” The mother
smiled, and said, “Wait a bit and you’ll see what the
lights are for.” In a moment or two the train plunged into
a long, dark tunnel, and then the little girl saw the wisdom
of the lamplighting process.
Dear
friend, that Bible of yours contains thousands of verses
that seem very ordinary and unnecessary. You can’t see why
God has gone to all the trouble of lighting those lamps of
truth, but some day you’re going into the tunnel of
bereavement, or the tunnel of temptation, or the tunnel of
suffering, and then you will value and appreciate the verses
that appear to be commonplace today. |
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Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the
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--John 8:12 (ESV)
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What You Can!
Some
folks do not read the Bible because, they say, there
are so many things in the Book that they cannot
understand. It is said that these things which
cannot be understood trouble them. Of course these
are excuses.
What
does one do when he sits down to a Southern-fried
chicken dinner, and finds there are bones in the
chicken which he is unable to chew? Does he excuse
himself, and say, “I can’t chew the bony parts
of the chicken, therefore I won’t try to eat any
of it?” Hardly. He merely puts the bones to one
side and enjoys the edible part of the chicken. Why
not put at least this much effort into Bible
reading?
One
rescued sinner said, “The fact that I am alive and
on my way somewhere really caused
me anxious moments, until I found the answer in the
Bible. When I found it, it prompted me to let the
shed blood of Christ cleanse me from my sins. God
saved me and gave me the assurance of it, and I
began to study the Bible, digesting the parts
God’s Holy Spirit led me to understand, and
setting the rest aside, until He opened my eyes to
the Truth therein. As God showed me the answers, my
worship of Him increased naturally. Oh,
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