14 Mar
Where is my Phone?
Every day when I open my e-mail, I find it’s constantly flooded with infamous forwards from family and friends that have already haunted inboxes around the world for years.
You know the ones I’m talking about—the cheesy, ridiculous e-mail forwards that result in hardcore eye rolling and cause you to click “delete” as fast as possible. And most of them warn that if you don’t forward it on to at least 50 percent of the contacts in your address book, you’ll be cursed, resulting in bad luck or misfortune for a lengthy amount of time.
I think my all-time favorite forward is the one asking me not to support Pepsi anymore because they’ve taken the name of God out of the Pledge of Allegiance printed on their cans. I’ve received that warning more than 20 times since 1997 and have yet to see the pledge printed on ANY Pepsi can—ever.
However, I did receive a forward from a friend the other day that I hadn’t seen before. I thought I would give it a read through since it was new information. It said:
I wonder what would happen if you treated your Bible like you treat your cell phone.
What if you carried it around in your purse or pocket all day?
What if you flipped through it several times a day?
What if you turned back to go get it if you left it somewhere?
What if you used it to receive messages from the text?
What if you treated it like you couldn’t live without it?
What if you gave them to kids as gifts?
What if you used it when you traveled?
What if you used it in emergencies?
This may have come in the form of a dreaded e-mail forward, but it bears much truth. It actually made me think about where my priorities are regarding God’s Word.
The world seems to promote lives of busyness these days; so many of us have a hard time even opening our Bibles more than three times a week (sometimes less). And it doesn’t seem to be the ideal accessory for the average person to tote around on a daily basis—or is it?
No wonder a lot of Christians have a hard time defending our faith—myself included. I don’t know about you, but I’ve taken for granted my freedom to go to God’s Word and proclaim it openly. I’ve taken for granted the fact that I CAN carry and study my Bible in public without fear of persecution.
Second Timothy 3:16-17 (HCSB) says, “All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
And Hebrews 4:12 (HCSB) says, “The word of God is living and effective and sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as to divide soul, spirit, joints, and marrow; it is a judge of the ideas and thoughts of the heart.”
With such a powerful tool available for believers, why don’t we cherish it and use it more?
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Filed in: Choices, Time, Trust
About the Author
Kaylan Christopher can be found sticking her hands in creative writing projects, blogging, hanging out at local coffee shops, and investing in her relationships with family and friends. A proud native of Texas, she loves chips, salsa, and coffee (but not altogether), Mute Math, LOST, her MacBook, good books, and live music. Kaylan currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. You can connect with her on Facebook or by e-mail at kaylan_christopher@yahoo.com.
