Back To Home Page To Archives - Spring of Life - H. Roger Bothwell Life Requires The Right Tools There I was standing by a grove of trees not yet in full foliage. The sun was behind my back so the lighting was perfect. The birds in the top of the trees were tiny flashing bits of brilliant color as they flitted from branch to branch. The viewing situation was perfect and I did not have my binoculars with me. They were most likely some exotic species not yet on my life list but I will never know because I did not have my binoculars with me! I was a soldier without a gun, a fisherman without a rod, a dentist without a drill, a writer without a word processor, a preacher without a Bible. Everybody needs tools. A scholar needs books and a Christian needs the Holy Spirit. Without the right tools we cannot do our job. A teacher cannot go unprepared into a classroom and we cannot go out to face the world with out the indwelling of God's Spirit. It would be trite at this point to say, "Don't leave home without it." Therefore, I won't. There is a fascinating passage in 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12. It says, "Study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing." It is God's will for us to always be prepared and to have the right tools. We should lack nothing. But for that to happen we do have to study. I'm Roger Bothwell and my address is spring.of.life@att.net or 151 Old Farm Rd. Leominster, MA 01453. Thank you for your support of our faith ministry. Past devotionals can be accessed at Archives