Morning Inspiration with Pastor Merritt
I love the story of a ship that was out at sea on a foggy night and the captain saw what looked liked to be the lights of another ship headed toward it. He instructed his signalman to contact the other ship by signal light and send the message, “Change your course ten degrees to the North.” The reply came back, “Change your course ten degrees to the South.”
The Captain responded, “I am a captain. Change your course ten degrees to the North.” The response came back, “I am a seaman first class. You change your course ten degrees to the South.” The captain was furious. He had his signalman reply, “I am a battleship. You change your course ten degrees to the North.” The reply came back, “I am a lighthouse. You change your course ten degrees to the South!”
What you think is right, what tradition has said is right, what culture says is right, may be a battleship, but God’s Word is a lighthouse. If we want smooth sailing and a life that flows in the gulfstream of God’s will and God’s pleasure, we must live under the authority of this book.
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