Psalm 119:130 (NIV)
130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives
understanding to the simple.
God’s word provides wisdom for all people so they are
able to understand the truth.
During Superbowl XXXVII, FedEx ran a commercial that
spoofed the movie Castaway, in which Tom Hanks played a FedEx worker whose
company plane went down, stranding him on a desert island for years. Looking
like the bedraggled Hanks in the movie, the FedEx employee in the commercial
goes up to the door of a suburban home, package in hand.
When the lady comes to the door, he explains that he
survived five years on a deserted island, and during that whole time he kept
this package in order to deliver it to her. She gives a simple, "Thank
you."
But he is curious about what is in the package that he
has been protecting for years. He says, "If I may ask, what was in that
package after all?"
She opens it and shows him the contents, saying,
"Oh, nothing really. Just a satellite telephone, a global positioning
device, a compass, a water purifier, and some seeds."
Like the contents in this package, the resources for
growth and strength are available for every Christian who will take advantage
of them.
We just have to take the time to read God’s word so that
we can apply it in our lives and not let it sit there idle without ever looking
to see what wisdom we can find.
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