Back in 2009 at the beginning of
my first try at blogging, my goal was to leave a record of what the Bible and
Jesus Christ has meant in my life. So I attempted to do it in a way they
might read, and this was that effort. God used five men to introduce me
the Jesus I knew so much about but had never bowed my knee to, and it all
happened in a Hotel room, but that's another story.
When
I was just a child, Mother and Dad gave it to me; they said son, in this book,
is a lot of history. It also will guide your path and bring you victory, but
you must not be foolish, read it daily. And often at my father’s knee, he
read the book to me, and when we went to church, they opened it up you
see. The book was read and taught; its many stories astonished me. That
book has a special place in my childhood memories.
But
as a teenager that book was put on the shelf and out of my mind, only to be
carried to church and back home. I still remember its message, how the
Christ had died for me, but it was not in keeping with what the world had to
offer me.
For
many years the book only served one thing you see, it took space on our table
so others, like Mom and Dad, could see. But then something happened, it
changed my life you see, a group of men took an interest in me. The one
who began to cut my hair at the age of thirteen ask me to come to a study of
the book that can set a man free.
I had
no clue that I was not free and resented it you see, that someone like my
barber could say such a thing to me. He told me the Christ, who I claimed
to know, had told the same thing to some other people just like me. That if I
knew the truth, the truth would set me free. I went with my barber to the
book study, on setting men free, and those five men were used of God, to help
one like me.
It
took many months before it came to me that life was in Jesus and that was the
beginning of my victory. I found He was life and that He would come and
live in me; now that book is so precious, it brings such joy to me, it helps me
walk and talk the life of liberty and yet, I understand you may not agree with
me.
So I
prayed this prayer; Dear Jesus will you open our eyes to see, the wonder of
being in a relationship with thee. The freedom from wants, and the joy of
giving to those who are in need, like widows and orphans and others you send to
me, and the freedom to let you have your way with me.
Now
this book is not magic nor is it a good luck charm, its often called the “Word
of God” and many just call it the “Bible” but in it is all “Truth” and its
authors are many, but it comes from just one source. Timothy states it
best; All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness.
Bob
Rice
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