Deeper Life #293

The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD’s anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.

—1 Samuel 26:11.

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED HOW some Christians, after they hear the Word of God too much, will turn and trample on the Word?

A man who ultimately became a great power for God said that the center of his life was full of this kind of stupidity. He was a so-called worker for God for several years, until he came across this verse: “You are not your own, you are bought with a price.” Everywhere he went, this verse kept chiding him. Whenever he read a book, he would come across that verse. Whenever he heard a sermon, it was from that text. He said, “At last I took my penknife and cut it out of every Bible I had.” Then the Spirit of God awakened him to what he had done. He confessed the whole thing before God, and God forgave him the stupidity of his sins.

Christian worker, when God calls you to counsel a soul who is stupid, keep at it. Share the Word of God every time you meet him, every time you write to him, every time you talk to him. The only way you will stir that person out of his stupidity is by driving home the Word of God.

Prayer Thought: Help me to be bold enough to pursue the disobedient person, Lord. Bring to my mind the Word of God as I deal with these needy souls.

SUGGESTED READING: 1 Samuel 26:1–12