Bible Readers 2014 Year End Summary
In Charles Dickens' story, "The Christmas Carol", the spirit of Christmas Present is drawing near to the end of his visitation. Scrooge observes that there are strange movements in the folds of the spirit's robe. When the spirit opens his robe, he reveals two hideous children. Scrooge is startled by their sighting and inquires, "Are they yours?" "They are Man's," said the Spirit, looking down upon them. "And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware of both of them, but most of all, beware of this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom."
Ignorance is on the march in our culture. It is advancing very quickly because truth is disappearing. As the drama presented in church last Sunday illustrated, we are having a difficult time agreeing on even the most basic things.
The prophet Amos said in chapter 8, "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land-- not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord."
We are living during this famine. All around us we see the lives of people crashing and burning. We have become a nation of people walking in ignorance. Ironically, the Bible will still be the best-selling book this year. The problem is people aren't reading it. They read emails, blogs, and the latest news on the Kardashians, but very few are reading the Bible. Yet if every Christ follower would become radically committed to reading and obeying the truth of God's Word, ignorance would be defeated.
So as we end our year of Bible reading I would like to congratulate you for finishing the journey. I would also like to challenge you to stop the advance of the enemy "Ignorance" by being a champion of Bible reading in 2015.
Would you prayerfully consider asking several people to join you on the Bible Reading journey next year? All you need to do is invite them. The worst they can say is, "no, thank you." I would encourage inviting even unchurched people to read with you. The best way to insure a successful journey is to build in some accountability. Ask each of your partners to email you just one sentence of what they read that day. This small effort will pay off in eternal dividends.
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