Don't Throw That Away

     Some people find it hard to throw something away.  I had a boss in one of my jobs whose name was Dick Russell.  He had a motto that went, "If you haven't used it in the last year, throw it away."   I never had gone and followed him around to see if he did what he said, but it sounds like a good principle in some respects.  You may have the attitude, that you never know when you are going to need a washer exactly that size to fix something.  I guess that is why we have coffee cans or other containers with an assortment of nuts, bolts, washers and some things that have names that we can't remember.  Some things you just simply need to throw away while others you need to keep.  First Thessalonians 5:21 says, "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." 
       Paul gave the Thessalonians a list of things in the closing chapter of First Thessalonians that they were to do.  One of the things was to hold fast to that which was good.   Paul is not talking about ball point pens, nuts, bolts or any other physical things, but things which pertain to the spiritual life.  If thee is any thing that pertains to your spiritual life, then those are the things that you need to keep and to not let them drift away from you.  You want to keep on reading the Bible.  In the Scriptures, you find life everlasting and you also find out how to live in this crazy, mixed up world.  You want to hold onto your prayer life.  You need to have that communication with God each and every day.  Yes, God is even stronger than the leaders of countries that are bent on destroying the world.  The storms that we have are not due to "Mother Nature" but God Himself and He is able to things that are beyond our imagination in a matter of seconds.  We also need to hold fast to our relationships with other believers in what we call, "fellowship."  Believers coming together support each other and are evidences of God's working in their lives.  We also hold fast to our desire to share with others this precious thing that we have, our life in Christ.  So, yes, there are things to throw away but there are also things to keep so take the admonition of the Apostle Paul when He says to hold fast to that which is good.  Praise God today that He is taking care of all of us and remember that he knows each and every hair on your head.