That Was Easy

Trying desperately to open my hermetically sealed turkey breast, I reached for my kitchen scissors and cut through the hard plastic, pulled it apart only to find it was sealed in yet another level of softer plastic. Try as I might to open the plastic, it would not budge. Once again I reached for my kitchen scissors.

I don’t know about you but ten years ago I didn’t have kitchen scissors. I didn’t even need kitchen scissors. My only scissors were safely tucked away in my sewing box. But now? I use kitchen scissors all the time.

There may have been a time in your life when you didn’t seem to need the Bible so much either. It may have been relegated to the bookshelf in your bedroom or den. But in case you haven’t noticed, we’re in desperate times. We really need the Word not just on Sundays or for the occasional emergency but at our fingers tips, as close as the kitchen scissors.

You may be facing some impossible situations in your life, and like me with the sealed turkey breast, you’re using the wrong tool to deal with them. The appropriate tool is God’s Word. What does He have to say about your situation?

Too many times we wallow in our circumstances, or go to well meaning friends but it leaves us frustrated and more desperate. God’s Word has everything we need for “life and godliness” according to 2 Peter 2:3.

As the kitchen scissors have more than one use, so God’s Word is not only a good tool to use in difficult situations but also for maturing and becoming all God has designed us to be.

“2 Timothy 2:15-16 tells us:

“And how from infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith I Christ Jesus. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

It’s God’s goal for us to be thorough equipped for every good work He has created us to do. We cannot do it without knowing His Word. Isn’t it time to take our Bible out of hiding and leave it where we can see if often? Read it, memorize it, make 3 x 5 cards of scripture and put in our sight lines at home, in the car or at work.

We need to make the Word as accessible as the kitchen scissors. Then maybe, like Staples, you can say, “that was easy.”