Do Something

Bible Reading: Judges 10:1-2 and I Chronicles 7:1-5

Key Verse: Judges 10:2 – “And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.”

Key Words: And he judged Israel twenty and three years

Maybe you’ve never heard of Tola.  If not, it’s perfectly fine for he did nothing noteworthy.  The only thing said about Tola is that he judged Israel twenty-three years, and he died and was buried.

You know, I know a lot of Tola’s.  They have within their power and ability to accomplish great things, but they rest in their lofty palaces and do not do one thing for God’s kingdom.  Our churches are filled with Tola’s.  What a shame!

Many are like Tola because they fail to answer five basic questions about their life.

1. Who are you?

2. Why are you here?

3. Where are you going?

4. How do you get there?

5. What will you do when you get there?

How you answer those questions will determine what you accomplish for God.

An article in Newsweek titled “Advice to a (Bored) Young Man” sheds light on the life of one individual whose life was one of exploration and discovery.

“Many people reading this page are doing so with the aid of bifocals.  Inventor? Benjamin Franklin, age 79.

The presses that printed this page were powered by electricity.  One of the first harnessers?  B. Franklin, age 40.

Some are reading this on the campus of one of the Ivy League universities.  Founder?  B. Franklin, age 45.

Others, in a library.  Who founded the first library in America?  B. Franklin, age 25.

Who started the first fire department?  B. Franklin, age 31.

Who invented the lightning rod?  B. Franklin, age 43.

Who designed a heating stove still in use today?  B. Franklin, age 36.

Wit.  Conversationalist.  Economist.  Philosopher.  Diplomat.  Printer.  Publisher.  Linguist (he spoke and wrote five languages).  Advocate of paratroopers (from balloons) a century before the airplane was invented.  All this until age 84.

And he had exactly two years of formal schooling.  It’s a good bet that you already have more sheer knowledge than Franklin ever had when he was your age.

Perhaps you think there’s no use trying to think of anything new, that everything’s been done.  Wrong...Go do something about it.”

 

                                                                                            Dr. Mike Rouse

What to do:  

✞ Something that brings glory to God!