Importance of Reading the Instructions Carefully

While out shopping, I picked up an electric whisk, hoping it would make my steamed eggs smoother and fluffier. When I got home, I inserted the batteries and gave it a test, but nothing happened. Thinking the batteries might be dead, I swapped them out for fresh ones, but still, it wouldn’t turn on. Just as I was about to call the store to complain, I noticed a small diagram printed on the side of the whisk. It showed the correct way to insert the batteries. That was when it hit me; I remembered a white sticker on that spot when I first opened the package. It had been the instruction label, but I had peeled it off without a second thought, thinking, “Who wouldn’t know how to do this?” After retrieving and carefully reading the instructions, I inserted the batteries properly, and the whisk finally worked. Had I called the store without checking the manual, I would’ve ended up quite embarrassed.

Likewise, the Bible is our instruction manual for entering the kingdom of heaven. If we ignore it and try to reach salvation in our own way, it won’t just result in a little embarrassment; it will lead to judgment. Many people around me think they already know how to get to heaven, but in reality, they don’t. I must gently encourage them to read the manual carefully and not overlook it.