Wednesday, January 29, 2003
Wednesday, January 29, 2003
They will receive blessing from the LORD, and vindication from the God of their
salvation.
In the 1920's Penick bought a red spiral notebook and began jotting down observations about
golf. He never showed the book to anyone except his son until 1991, when he shared it with a
local writer and asked if he thought it was worth publishing. The man read it and told him yes. He
left word with Penick's wife the next evening that Simon & Schuster had agreed to an advance of
$90,000.
When the writer saw Penick later, the old man seemed troubled. Finally, Penick came clean.
With all his medical bills, he said, there was no way he could advance Simon & Schuster that
much money. The writer had to explain that Penick would be the one to receive the $90,000.
How often we mistakenly view God's offer of salvation in Jesus Christ just like Harvey Penick
mistakenly perceived Simon & Schuster's offer of an advance. We ask what must I do?" God
answers back, "just receive."
(Psalm 24.5
NRSV)
There was an article that was printed sometime back about golf pro Harvey Penick. This
90-year-old golfer had hit the jack pot with two books on golf, HARVEY PENICK'S LITTLE RED
BOOK, and IF YOU PLAY GOLF, YOU'RE MY FRIEND. Together these two books had sold
nearly two million copies.
Dear God, help me to graciously receive all of the wonderful blessings you have for me. Amen.
