Tools for Life by David Jeremiah

Monday, April 2 Tools for Life    Also day by day, from the first day until the last day, [Ezra] read from the Book of the Law of God. Nehemiah 8:18    Imagine you’ve hired a contractor to carry out some major remodeling on your home. You open the door to find a man dressed in casual clothes and no sign of tools or workers. Expressing surprise, you ask him if he is there to begin work and he says, “Yes, I am!” When you ask where his tools and workers are, he says, “Well, I’ll figure something out!”

Recommended Reading: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

This is a man who is not “thoroughly equipped” for his job (2 Timothy 3:17). And sometimes we find ourselves not equipped for the job of living life. But sometimes we meet people who are—they possess a sense of wisdom, of peace, of contentment, and of purpose that amazes us. When we get to know them, we discover they have spent consistent time, for many years, studying the Word of God. The doctrine, reproof, correction, and instruction they have gained is evident in their lives (2 Timothy 3:16).    Don’t show up for the job of life without the tools you need. Let the Word of God thoroughly equip you for life.    The truly wise man is he who always believes the Bible against the opinion of any man.  R. A. Torrey