Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Reflection - Haddon Robinson - What's Worth Keeping

Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 57, "What's Worth Keeping", Page 66.
By Haddon Robinson, Our Daily Bread Author


Esau . . . for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. - Hebrews 12:16
PHOTO: Esau . . . for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. - Hebrews 12:16
Read: Genesis 25:27-34

A story is told of a man who loved old books. He met an acquaintance who had just thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of his ancestral home for generations. "
I couldn't read it," the friend explained,  "Somebody named Gutten-something had printed it." "Not Guttenberg!" the book lover exclaimed in horror. "That Bible was one of the first books ever printed. Why, a copy just sold for over two million dollars!"

His friend was unimpressed. "
Mine wouldn't have brought a dollar. Some fellow named Martin Luther had scribbled all over it in German." (Martin Luther, of course, was the great reformer of the church.)

The man treated as worthless that which was valuable. So did Esau. Although he was a nice fellow who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and the great outdoors, Esau was "
godless" because he sold his spiritual birthright "for a single meal" (Hebrews 12:16). Only when it was too late to undo his wretched bargain, did Esau realize that he had sacrificed the permanent on the altar of the immediate.

We had better be careful of the "
bargains" we make in life. Our culture places a high price tag on what is worthless and thrown away as worthless what is of eternal value.

Ask the Lord to help you discern what's worth keeping and what is best discarded.

We pay a high price for living on a low plane.
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Esau . . . for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. - Hebrews 12:16
PHOTO: Esau . . . for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. - Hebrews 12:16
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A story is told of a man who loved old books. He met an acquaintance who had just thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of his ancestral home for generations. "
I couldn't read it," the friend explained,  "Somebody named Gutten-something had printed it." "Not Guttenberg!" the book lover exclaimed in horror. "That Bible was one of the first books ever printed. Why, a copy just sold for over two million dollars!"


A story is told of a man who loved old books.
PHOTO: A story is told of a man who loved old books. He met an acquaintance who had just thrown away a Bible that had been stored in the attic of his ancestral home for generations. "I couldn't read it," the friend explained,  "Somebody named Gutten-something had printed it." "Not Guttenberg!" the book lover exclaimed in horror. "That Bible was one of the first books ever printed. Why, a copy just sold for over two million dollars!"
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His friend was unimpressed. "
Mine wouldn't have brought a dollar. Some fellow named Martin Luther had scribbled all over it in German." (Martin Luther, of course, was the great reformer of the church.)


His friend was unimpressed.
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The man treated as worthless that which was valuable. So did Esau. Although he was a nice fellow who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and the great outdoors, Esau was "
godless" because he sold his spiritual birthright "for a single meal" (Hebrews 12:16). Only when it was too late to undo his wretched bargain, did Esau realize that he had sacrificed the permanent on the altar of the immediate.


The man treated as worthless that which was valuable.
PHOTO: The man treated as worthless that which was valuable. So did Esau. Although he was a nice fellow who enjoyed hunting, fishing, and the great outdoors, Esau was "godless" because he sold his spiritual birthright "for a single meal" (Hebrews 12:16). Only when it was too late to undo his wretched bargain, did Esau realize that he had sacrificed the permanent on the altar of the immediate.
Painting by Hendrick ter Brugghen - Esau selling his birthright
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We had better be careful of the "
bargains" we make in life. Our culture places a high price tag on what is worthless and thrown away as worthless what is of eternal value.


We had better be careful
We pay a high price for living on a low plane.


We pay a high price for living on a low plane.
 

Reflect and Pray
Reflection - Haddon Robinson - What's Worth Keeping
Source (book): "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Chapter 57, "What's Worth Keeping", Page 66.
By Haddon Robinson, Our Daily Bread Author




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Reference
[1] From "Classic Gem: Timeless Devotions from Our Daily Bread Authors", Copyright © 2021 by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Chapter 57, "What's Worth Keeping", Page 66.


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