A Strange Association

I thought of a strange association as I was working out this morning. As I hang around more experienced soccer referees, these men and women are constantly upgrading their officiating skills. They are reading the Laws of the Game, Advice to Referees, and all the memorandums put out by U.S. Soccer. It's the referees at the lower levels that seem to disdain this practice of "sharpening the saw." I've heard some of them brag how the only time they read the LOTG was to pass the initial referee exam! And ... it shows out on the field.

In a similar manner, as I hang around more experienced Christians, these men and women have an insatiable hunger to understand God and the Bible. They are constantly reading the Bible and exploring not only the best in scholarship, but also their own hearts. It's the immature that disdain this practice of "sharpening the saw." It has been noted that the average Christian only really recalls a couple dozen verses or passages from the Bible. No wonder this lack shows up in life.

1 Samuel 10:9-12:25