Monday, June 3, 2002
Monday, June 3, 2002
How from childhood you have known the sacred writings that are able to instruct
you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
So the rich man called the King's coachman who knew horses. After he drove the horses for a
month and they were familiar with his voice, they held their heads high, their eyes were bright
and their pace beautiful. The capacities and possibilities were there all the time. It all depended
on whose voice they heard directing their lives.
Paul so heard the voice of God directing his life that he could write, "I have been crucified with
Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I
live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."
(2 Timothy 3.15
NRSV)
Soren Kierkegaard once told a parable about a certain rich man who bought a team of
excellent,
faultless horses. His own Coachman was somewhat inept and undisciplined, but the rich man
hoped that the quality of the horses would offset this. After a few months, it was impossible to
recognize the once proud horses. They were dull and drowsy, their pace inconsistent, their
stamina gone. They developed strange quirks and bad habits.
Dear Jesus, live in me as I grow in my faith and commitment to you. Amen.
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