How does you tool box look? Everyone seems to have tools of one sort
or another. Men have tool boxes that are filled with a large variety
of tools. Women have their tools, not in a box, but perhaps in a
drawer. I do a lot of cooking and have a large
variety of spoons both wooden and metal, spatulas, knives and so on.
The question is, however, how do they look. When my Father passed away,
I became the recipient of a large tool box that was filled with all
kinds of wrenches, pliers, screwdrivers, files
and things I don't know what they are or what they are used for. My
fathers tools had scratches, grease and all sorts of grime on them
because they were used. There was not one completely shiny tool in the
whole box. He used them all. A tool is not of
much use if it is never used. On the spiritual side, we have tools
also. Colossians 4:16 says, " And when this epistle is read among you,
cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye
likewise read the epistle from Laodicea."
The
word "read" is used some 70 times in the Bible and many of those times
refers to the reading of the Scriptures, the Word of God, The Bible.
Our "tool box" is a library of 66 books that all have a purpose in our
lives. We need to use all of them. I have
to admit that I have a lot of books on my shelves that look almost new
as they have not been used that much. My library is a reference library
and can be used to research almost every book of the Bible. My
personal tool box has also been enhanced by the
number of electronic books that are on my various devices. One such
tool has over 250 books in it. While we can accumulate a large number
of physical books and electronic books in this age, they are of no value
if they are not used. There is also one tool
that you cannot be without and that is the Bible. Perhaps you have a
favorite Bible that is marked with pens and colored pencils and notes on
the edges of the pages as you use this tool in your life and begin to
apply the truths to what is going on in your
life today. So, how does your tool box look? It shouldn't be dusty
due to neglect or hidden under a pile of magazines or have pages stuck
together because they were never read. I know of one man, a pastor,
that when he was saved many years ago, he began
to read his Bible and discovered that almost 75 pages were missing. Do
you know if every page is in your Bible? Well, use your Bible today
and every day and praise God that He has given us the Best Tool of all,
His Holy Word.
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