The Perfect Example

Two brothers were playing in their front yard and began to fight over a ball. They tussled for a few minutes and the younger brother began to get very upset. By this time the father, hearing the commotion, ran out of the house to see what was going on. Just before he reached them, he heard the younger son blurt out an expletive. The father was appalled at what he heard. So being a concerned parent, he confronted his son saying, “You don’t use words like that. That’s a bad word I’m going to wash your mouth out with soap if you do it again.” Later on that evening the father and mother got into an argument.

The younger son was passing by the door of his parents’ bedroom, and heard his father use the same word he used earlier. So, the little boy goes to the bathroom and grabs a bar of soap, walks down the hall and knocks on the bedroom door. The father says “Come in son. What do you want?” The little boy looks at his mother and hands her the soap. The mother says, “What’s this for?” The little boy replied “This is to clean the bad words out of daddy’s mouth.” Are you a good example of what you preach to others?

Paul had that very concern. He wrote to the Church at Corinth these words: 1 Cor. 9:27 – But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.

The term “castaway” is a person who gets disqualified from a boxing or wrestling match for not following the rules (biting, eye gouging etc.). Paul teaches us to practice what we preach. Are you someone who can tell everyone else what to do and are not able to do it yourself? Memorize this verse for your own spiritual growth. This verse has helped me to be a consistent Christian. I hope it will help you as well.

Numbers 6:25 – The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

Word for Today
Aghast ‑ Struck by shock, terror, or amazement.

Quote for Today
I bid him look into the lives of men as though into a mirror, and from others to take an example for himself.

- Terence (185 BC ‑ 159 BC)