Be Careful What You Read {a devotional}
For
the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and
understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a
buckler to them that walk uprightly. Proverbs 2:6, 7.
Age
after age the curiosity of men has led them to seek for the tree of
knowledge; and often they think they are plucking fruit most essential,
when, like Solomon in his research, they find it altogether vanity and
nothingness in comparison with the science of true holiness.
Books
from the pens of infidels should have no place in the libraries of
those who would serve God. They will make better kindling material for
your stove than food for the mind. Infidel books have been a cause of
ruin to many souls. Men have studied these books of Satan’s inspiration,
and they have become confused in regard to what was truth. Satan stands
at the side of him who opens an infidel book, and he will educate the
mind that peruses such literature, and so bewitch the soul that it will
be almost impossible to break the infatuation. Let no believer flatter
himself that his mountain standeth sure, and that he will never be moved
away from his position of faith.
We
are surrounded by unbelief. The very atmosphere seems charged with it;
and only by constant effort can we resist its power. Those who value
their soul’s salvation should shun infidel writings as they would shun
the leprosy.
To
the youth I would say, Be careful what you read. So long as the mind is
directed into wrong channels by an improper course of reading, it is
impossible for you to make the truth of God the constant subject of
meditation. If there was ever a time when a knowledge of the Scriptures
was more important than at any other, that time is the present. I appeal
to old and young, Make the Bible your textbook. Here you will find the
true standard of character.
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