Published On:Thursday, August 26, 2010

Dr WILLAMAE C MILLER

Are you ready for the sound of school bells, boys and girls? Well, whether you are ready or not, Monday is the day that school begins for all students in the Bahamas. In fact, many private schools have already begun their school year.

Summer vacation has now come to an end. Most students are now mixed with emotions of excitement, because of the beginning of a new year and sorry that their vacation is over. (Students) you must remember that your brain is a muscle. In order for it to remain in good shape it must be exercised. The best way to exercise your brain is by learning something.

This is why school is important. School is not the only place where you can learn. Even when you are playing, it is important to learn how to get along with mends. At home it is important that you learn to obey the instructions of your parents, as well as others who are in authority over you.

In the Bible we learn that Moses as a baby was nursed and cared for by his mother. He was then brought before Pharaoh's daughter. She adopted Moses as her own son, and then sent him to the very best Egyptian schools all throughout his young life.

The Bible says; "He was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in 'words and deeds. "Moses had a problem when he became a young man. He could have had a high place in the kingdom of Egypt with plenty of glory, wealth and pleasure. But the lessons from the Word of God which his mother taught him as a little boy, made such an impression on his mind and heart that he did not forget them.

He thought his problem over carefully and got the answer from God that it would be greater profit and blessing to give up all the glory of Egypt and take his part in suffering with God's people, the children of Israel.

He himself was an Israelite of the tribe of Levi, and he wished to live for God here in this world. He was used of God mightily and became the leader of the people of Israel. It is recorded of him, he endured as seeing him who is invisible" (Hebrews 11 :27).

Then he had a lot of problems in leading the Israelites through the wilderness to the promise land. His faith in God, and in his Word and promises, enabled him to walk with God through "that great and terrible wilderness" (Deuteronomy 1: 10).

Boys and girls, as you return to the classrooms on Monday, your bags will be packed with many books and they are all important in helping you to become more intelligent, but there is one book more important than any other, The Bible. There is no textbook like God's Word. "The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. "(Psalms 119: 130)

In God's textbook we learn what sin is, and what we all are by nature and practice. We learn of our great need of a Saviour.

This Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, God sent into the world that He might suffer for our sins, and pay for them all before God. It was a wondrous love and grace on God's part to do this. In love, he did it that we might not have to come to eternal separation from him, but he saved us from judgment of Hell, and saved us for glory.