Former pro basketball player Bill Bradley tells that at the age of fifteen he attended a summer basketball camp run by “Easy Ed” Macauley, a former college and pro star. “Just remember that if you’re not working at your game to the utmost of your ability,” Macauley told the assembled campers, “there is someone out there with equal ability who will be working to the utmost of his ability. One day you’ll play each other. And when you do, he will have the advantage.”
Bill Bradley became a US senator and a candidate for President. He says that he saw in those words a truth that went far beyond the basketball court. He took them to heart and made them the guiding principle of his life. Now, many decades later, he recalls, “The important thing about this story is the type of young man I was. When I heard those words, I accepted them. Then I immediately acted on them by putting them into practice.”
What do we do when we hear the truth of God’s Word? Do we remark how nice it sounds, but immediately forget it? We must, like Bill Bradley did with that basketball advice, apply it immediately to life. We must put it into practice right away, or we won’t benefit from it nor please God.
Solomon told us how in Proverbs 4:20–27. He said, in effect, “Don’t let wise counsel get away from you.”
Are you willing to take the truths of God’s Word and let them be your guiding light? Can you take God’s clear words of guidance and put them into practice? It might make all the difference in your life.
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