LESSON OF THE HORSE MASK

Not far from where I live is a farm with a lot of horses. During certain parts of the year some of the horses have masks over their eyes. For a long time I felt sorry for the horses who weren’t allowed to see. But then I learned that my understanding about the masks was wrong. The masks are
made of mesh, so horses can see through them. But flies, which cause eye disease, can’t get through them. The masks don’t keep the horses from seeing; they keep them from going blind!

Non-Christians often make similar mistakes about the Bible to the one I made about the mask. They think of it as something God puts over our eyes to keep us from seeing all the fun we could be having. They feel sorry for Christians because they think God keeps us from enjoying life. What I didn’t know about the horse mask, they don’t know about the Bible. It doesn’t keep us from seeing all that is good; it keeps us from being misled by lies that cause blindness in our relationship with God. The Bible doesn’t keep us from enjoying life; it makes real enjoyment possible.

The Bible doesn’t keep us from knowing truth; it stops us from following lies.

WHEN WE SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THE BIBLE,
WE LEARN THE TRUTH ABOUT BOTH.

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