Devotion 9.28.15

Did you know...? 

A study was done in the 1990s in which the researchers interviewed Harvard graduates.  The question as they were still in cap and gown?  "What causes the phases of the moon?" A high percentage stated that the phases of the moon are the result of what caused last night's much anticipated and watched lunar eclipse.  Each graduate would say, "The earth coming between the sun and moon," as his or her answer to the question, which is incorrect.  What causes such a high percentage of people to be wrong?  The answer is someone somewhere in their education got it wrong.  Educators are taught this to stress the importance of being correct conceptually and factually in what we teach because it takes considerable effort to re-teach a concept or fact learned incorrectly.  Which was why the Harvard answers were used to stress that point.

As Christians, where do we "get it wrong?"  We have the Word of God in front of us, yet we still act as though God's Word is news to us.  Take the example of the disciples in Matthew, who only heard Christ tell them of his suffering, death, and resurrection three times, and each time Christ told them of this, you could sense the loss of the magnitude of his words on them.  In one case, we hear the disciples begin to ask who, then, would be first in his kingdom and sit at his right and left, as though they understood he would die, so who would take his place? (Matthew 20)

When are we most like this?  We have read and heard the message, but we just don't get it?  Pray that we seek God's Will in our lives and that we learn to apply the answers God provides from his Word correctly, in heart and mind.

Hope Men's Ministry