Steve was very happy when his work ended on a Thursday night in the town he had been sent to. Now he was able to head home, about a two-hundred-mile drive. Since it was winter, he knew to expect any kind of stormy weather while driving home. He was driving the company’s rented truck, so he felt quite safe and secure in this large vehicle.
But the surprise came suddenly and without warning! The highway looked clear and dry, perfect for driving, but it wasn’t. It was covered in black ice, which is impossible to see, especially at night.
Suddenly Steve lost control as the truck slid sideways off the road and rolled over three times, finally landing on its side. It was good that he had his seat belt on or he may never have come out of the accident alive. As it was, to get out of the truck he had to climb through the back window, which had been broken out as the truck rolled. His seat belt had held him in the seat and prevented him from being injured as the truck tumbled. He didn’t seem to have even a scratch.
Just as he was carefully crawling out of the broken window, something caught his eye on the ground that looked like a book. Yes, it was a book, and the title of it was “Fully Rely on God.”
Now I’m happy to tell you that Steve is a Christian, but he could hardly believe the message sent to him that night! Where it came from, he did not know, but he was impressed. He made up his mind then and there that he certainly would read the book. He took it to work with him the next day to read on his lunch hour.
Proverbs 8:3333Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. (Proverbs 8:33) says, “Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.” And the best instruction in the world is found in the Bible, the book we can “Fully Rely On.” No doubt, the book Steve found pointed him to the Word of God.
Have you read your Bible today and listened to its instruction?