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Saturday, October 14

Daily Bible Reading

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Old Testament: Jeremiah 27:1 - 29:23

New Testament 2 Thessalonians 1:1 - 12

Psalms/Proverbs Psalm 119:25-32

Based on NIV Seasons of Reflection 365-Day Bible

Messages referring to the Bible Reading:

Who Knows?
2 THESSALONIANS: Restrainers of Lawlessness
THE FIRE NEXT TIME
CLEAVING TO THE WORD

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Company President

Imagine, if you will, that you work for a company whose president found it necessary to travel out of the country and spend an extended period of time abroad.

So he says to you and the other trusted employees, "Look, I'm going to leave. And while I'm gone, I want you to pay close attention to the business. You manage things while I'm away. I will write you regularly. When I do, I will instruct you in what you should do from now until I return from this trip."

Everyone agrees.

He leaves and stays gone for a couple of years.

During that time he writes often, communicating his desires and concerns.

Finally he returns. He walks up to the front door of the company and immediately discovers everything is in a mess -- weeds flourishing in the flower beds, windows broken across the front of the building, the gal at the front desk dozing, loud music roaring from several offices, two or three people engaged in horseplay in the back room. Instead of making a profit, the business has suffered a great loss.

Without hesitation he calls everyone together and with a frown asks, "What happened? Didn't you get my letters?"

You say, "Oh, yeah, sure. We got all your letters. We've even bound them in a book. And some of us have memorized them. In fact, we have 'letter study' every Sunday. You know, those were really great letters."

I think the president would then ask, "But what did you do about my instructions?"

And, no doubt the employees would respond, "Do? Well, nothing. But we read every one!"

Charles Swindoll, Living Above the Level of Mediocrity, p. 242

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