“That was a good deed that you did the other day”, Tim said as Bob met him down by the beach.

“Oh, I don’t know about that”, Bob said, “Anyone would have done it”.

“Yes, but it was pretty rough when you went in after that boy who was in trouble out in the sea”, Tim carried on.

“Oh well, that’s what the Good Book says…. to do to others as you would want them to do for you”, Bob said.

He was both right and wrong when he said that. Certainly it is what the Bible says. We should do to others as we would want them to do to us; the world would be a lot happier place if everyone looked out for everyone else instead of trying to beat them.

But the Bible is more than a just a “good book”; it is the Living Word of God. When you read it, it reads you. It tells you your needs and what to do about them. It is sharper than any double sided sword, and it cuts away all our excuses. It is like the hound of heaven that keeps on at us until we finally make the decision that each person must make….are we going to do as it says, or are we just going to push it to one side and forget about it? Let’s make sure that we at least look into it instead of just passing it off as a “good book”!