The Ultimate Manual

Manuals are the most helpful pieces of advice never used. How many of us have bought something that came with instructions, and thought we could figure it out on our own? I'm guilty as charged. I think that I know better than the instructions, that I don't need them to tell me how to put something together, or how to work something. The best example I have in my life is that of my camera. I've had my camera for almost a year, and never once have I read the instructions. Because of my stubbornness, I don't really know how to do anything on it except shoot pictures. Unfortunately, we also take this approach in reading our Bibles. Many Christians only read their Bibles on Sunday mornings, and it sits on the shelf the rest of the week. A study conducted earlier this year showed that only 19% of Christians read their Bible everyday. 19%! One of the reasons for this is that we think we know how to run our lives. We don't want to read our instruction manual, but no one in the history of this earth has ever succeeded doing things their own way. We need to be constantly reading the Ultimate Manual, and letting God lead and direct our paths. It is God's plan, not ours, that will succeed.