Building a Desk

For a couple of hours yesterday morning I worked on putting together a new desk from Office Depot in the back room of the church building. There is this great book that has drawings and detailed instructions on how to put the thing together. Did you know you have to carefully follow all the instructions to come out with a good-looking desk? For the most part, the instructions are easy, but every now and then there is a more obscure instruction which takes more time and effort to figure out. If I want a good-looking desk, I have to be patient and put in the effort necessary.

It struck me that I was following a pattern. If I stick to the pattern as the pattern designer intended I will come out with the final product.

The NKJ says: "Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ Jesus." (2 Timothy 1:13)

God has given us a pattern of sound words to which we are to hold fast. He is the designer of the pattern. If we follow the pattern we will come out with the finished product He intends - godly children made righteous by the blood of Jesus Christ! There are many instructions which are easy to understand. There may be some instructions (principles) which take much more time and effort to digest. But if we want the benefits and blessings of the final product, we will put in the effort to understand the pattern of sound words.

So...building a desk...building a godly life...follow the instructions.

God bless,
Nathan