“Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.”- Psa. 119:160“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” – Psa. 119:105
I just read about Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. a doctor who became interested in the use of ether to anesthetize patients who were having procedures done. To better understand its effects, he decided to administer it to himself one day. He found himself in a dreamy state and awoke believing he had suddenly grasped the key to all the mysteries of the universe. But he was unable to recall what he had learned. So he decided to put himself under again with a stenographer by his side to record whatever he said. Coming out of the daze, Holmes asked his stenographer if he’d said anything that might give insight to the mysteries of the universe.The assistant looked down at her notebook and read, “The entire universe is permeated with a strong odor of turpentine.”
Holmes arrived at a wrong conclusion because he looked in the wrong place for the answer. That’s a common problem with man. Some things will be with us for the rest of our lives, and one of those is questions. Regardless of how much we study, how many degrees we get, of what our IQ is, there will always be questions. No one understands everything about anything. And in many cases that doesn’t really matter. But other things matter a great deal. They are of great importance and we must take great care in where we look for the answers. There is only one source that is absolutely trustworthy and that’s God’s Word.
We ought to think of the Bible as God’s answer book for man’s needs. It has the answers to all the most important questions and issues of life. And to sum it all up in a word, it is “Christ”. Andrae Crouch wrote a song that said, “Jesus is the answer for the world today. Above Him there’s no other, Jesus is the way”. Truer words were never spoken! “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” ( John 14:6). Now notice where Jesus sends us for the solution to our questions – “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.” – John 5:39. – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
