Tuesday, January 9, 2001
Tuesday, January 9, 2001
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you
an example, so that you should follow in his steps.
The Standard Oil director knew that where there is pitch there is usually oil. So he sent his
engineers to work. Today they are pumping vast quantities of oil out of the ground near Moses'
home town in Egypt.
There are two lessons here, I suppose. One is about reading your Bible. The other is about
dropping everything and acting on what you read. Gazing at the baby Jesus isn't nearly as
rewarding as following him.
(1 Peter 2:21
NRSV)
There is an interesting story about a director of Standard Oil Company who was reading his Bible
one day and came upon Exodus 2:3. This is the story of the mother of Moses seeking to hide her
child from the Egyptians. She makes a little basket made of bulrushes, you'll remember. This is
how the writer of Exodus describes the process, "...and [she] daubed it with slime and with pitch."
God of peace, help me to be a true follower. Amen.
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