When Knowledge Trumps Action

It’s not what you know but who you know that makes a difference. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that advice repeated. Still, how many times have you and I seen that proven to be true – in business, education, athletics, military, church, etc. The Old Testament people knew what to do to please God, or so they thought. One could please God by doing the right things – like making the correct offering. So they worked hard at doing the right things, making the correct sacrifices. And they prided themselves in knowing “what” to do. However God said, “I desire . . . the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings” (Hosea 6:6). I spent most of a career trying to do the right things. It has only been in recent years that I have decided that as important as it is to do the right things, it is extremely more important to know God the right way. Action is important. It gets the job done. But action without adequate knowledge is simply busy-work.

Join me this week in praying for the following global requests:
• Pray for Larry as he travels to China for a 4-day pastor’s retreat.
• Pray for Tommy and Beth as they begin their ministry in Lima, Peru.
• Pray for Melinda and Dano as they prepare for their move to Southeast Asia.
• Pray for believers throughout the Middle East as governmental protests continue.