When I read this from a missionary prayer letter, I had to ask myself, "How much do I value God's Word? How much of an effort am I making to spend time studying His Word?" The prayer letter describes some folks who live in a remote location. They do not have missionaries living with them at the present time, nevertheless they want to study God's Word with their missionary friends. The prayer letter certainly is a challenge to all of us:
"They had to take a dugout canoe for the first day of their trip out, and then walk a day and half for the rest of the trip to where they could catch a small plane to the city where they could get a bus and travel 14 hours to our place! They go to all that trouble just to study the word of God together with us. God’s word is that precious to them!"
Now that is commitment! That type of dedication makes my feeble excuses—such as I am too busy—look extremely pathetic!
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