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SHE’S GOT IT!
One of Abraham Lincoln’s favorite stories was about a horse that was about to be sold
near where he once lived. He told it as follows:
The horse was supposed to be fast, and quite a number of people were present at the time
appointed for the sale. A small boy was employed to ride the horse backward and forward to
exhibit his points. One of the would-be buyers followed the boy down the road and asked him
confidentially if the horse had a splint. “Well, mister,” said the boy, “if it’s good for him he has
got it, but if it isn’t good for him he hasn’t.”
I wonder if a lot of people take that same approach to serving the Lord. They feel like
they are doing what God wants even if they don’t know exactly what that is.
The people of Athens were like that. They made an idol to an unknown God, assuming
that any god would want an idol. Paul attempted to help them overcome their ignorant worship
with the facts about who God really is and what He wants from man. Some folks listened, while
some folks were happy in their ignorance.
But let’s consider what Paul had to say to them:
“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that
all people everywhere should repent” (Acts 17:30).
Ignorance isn’t the solution. God has shown us who He is and what He wants. Assuming
what we offer is good for us if it’s good for Him, isn’t the approach we should have to the
Creator of the universe.
Are we sure we are pleasing Him, or are we just assuming what we’ve got is what He
wants?
Bulletin Digest Barry Haynes
1002 N. Johnson St. Hope, AR
