Paul wrote to Timothy, “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.” City managers in Massachusetts need to read their Bibles. According to our newspaper local towns have exhausted their snow removal budgets for the year and are going in the red. It is true that we have had a fair amount of snow and more is coming. However, last year we barely had any snow and they used very little of their snow budgets.
Even as a little boy I knew the story of Joseph in Egypt. They had seven fat years and seven lean years and they filled the storehouses during the seven fat years. It’s a great lesson. When you have a windfall don’t spend all of it.
Scripture isn’t merely useful for training in righteousness. It teems with life lessons. Jesus’ parables are a great source of life wisdom. There is everything from not building on sand to not hiding your talents. Many years ago I saw one of His parables play out in a committee room. One eager fellow came and sat in the chairman’s seat. When the chairman arrived he was very kind and sat with the rest of us. During a break someone quietly moved the eager fellow’s papers to an appropriate seat. The best part of the story is when he came back he picked up his papers and again sat down in the chairman’s seat. How much better it would have been if he had remembered Jesus’ counsel to take the lowest seat. Life is interesting.
Written by Roger Bothwell on February 23, 2013
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