I was reading a book by Dick Staub today. He told a story of how he visited the Dyak tribe in Kalimantan (Borneo) and talked with a man who lived there wearing a beautiful sword on his side. He liked it because it reminded him of a Dyak sword he had years ago that was lost when he moved.
What he really got from looking at the sword was its use. This tribal leader used his sword every single day, from cutting branches as he traveled through the jungle to killing poisonous snakes. That sword was his life. He needed it. Without it the jungle would have killed him.
And Dick Staub's sword hung on his wall.
The question was how many people take their Christian weapons listed in Eph. 6 and hang them on a wall. They make nice decoration but are never used. The Sword of the Spirit, or the Bible, looks beautiful in it's leather-bound case, but is never opened and read. The gospel message is a nice warm security blanket to us, but is never shared or told to people that need to hear it.
Is your faith living, or is it decoration, color added to conversation about yourself?
T
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