POOR little Fido, as we will call him, does not understand that he is doing wrong, and indeed he is not responsible. He is hungry and has found a good chance to help himself to a big bite, and so he is off with it as fast as he can go because his young master is after him with the well-worn butcher knife. He can out run his master, so there is no fear about his getting his fill very soon in some secluded place.
How different all this is from ourselves. We know we are responsible beings, and we know it would be very wrong for us to take anything that does not belong to us, and it would be a direct disobedience to God’s command—”Thou shalt not steal.” So it would not only be a wrong thing to do, but doubly wrong because God has told us not to do such a thing,
God wants us to pay attention to His Word and to fear Him, so He has said, “To this man will I. look, even to Him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My Word.” Isa, 66:2.
If we take God’s Word as our guide, it will be good for us, for we shall then be preserved from ninny sorrows. It can make us “wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” 2 Tim. 3:1515And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:15).
“THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.” Ps. 119:105
May we each one be glad to take it so, and rejoice. first in having it as that which has made .us wise unto salvation, and then go according to its precepts, and find happiness for our path.
Messages of God’s Love 10/30/1921