There is something in human...
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There is something in human nature that seeks to avoid the hour of testing. We look for an easy way out. We make all kinds of excuses. We do everything but face the situation head on.
In the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," there is a song titled "Book Report." In the song the whole cast is involved. They have been given an assignment to write a report of 100 words on the theme of Peter Rabbit. Most of the cast make themselves miserable by trying to avoid the real purpose of the assignment.
For example, Charlie Brown procrastinates and sings: "If I start writing now when I'm not really rested, it could upset my thinking, which is not good at all."
Lucy is interested in only the amount of words that need to be written. She starts counting from the beginning. She staggers to the close of her report but she cannot finish. She has only 85 words. Finally, she writes: "And they were very, very, happy too, the end, the very, very, very, very end." She made it.
How much better it would have been if both Charlie and Lucy had seen the book report as an assignment, a test, a challenge to be done for the glory of God. Through our Lord's own testing in the wilderness he discovered the path his own ministry was to take.
--Clarke
In the musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," there is a song titled "Book Report." In the song the whole cast is involved. They have been given an assignment to write a report of 100 words on the theme of Peter Rabbit. Most of the cast make themselves miserable by trying to avoid the real purpose of the assignment.
For example, Charlie Brown procrastinates and sings: "If I start writing now when I'm not really rested, it could upset my thinking, which is not good at all."
Lucy is interested in only the amount of words that need to be written. She starts counting from the beginning. She staggers to the close of her report but she cannot finish. She has only 85 words. Finally, she writes: "And they were very, very, happy too, the end, the very, very, very, very end." She made it.
How much better it would have been if both Charlie and Lucy had seen the book report as an assignment, a test, a challenge to be done for the glory of God. Through our Lord's own testing in the wilderness he discovered the path his own ministry was to take.
--Clarke
