DO NOT BE STUBBORN

DO NOT BE STUBBORN                Tuesday – September 28, 2010

“But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and stopped up their ears. They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the LORD Almighty was very angry.” – Zechariah 7:11-12

Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States, was also a scientist and inventor. 
He wrote a groundbreaking paper on paleontology, invented methods for excavating archeological sites, and experimented with new varieties of grain. He invented a new type of plow for agriculture. He even began the U.S. Patent Office. 
But as important the advancement of science and invention was in his life, Jefferson had a blind spot. He refused to believe in meteorites. 
In 1807, a meteorite fell in Weston, Connecticut. The following year, Professors Silliman and Kingsley, of Yale College, published their account of the meteorite. This paper attracted widespread attention, and drew from Thomas Jefferson the oft-quoted remark "that it was easier to believe that two Yankee professors could lie than to admit that stones could fall from heaven."

Are you a stubborn person? Today in prayer, confess any stubbornness in your heart to the Lord and seek to follow Jesus in all that you do.

“I always believed in God and Christ, but I was in rebellion - trying to make my relationship with God fit into my life instead of making my life fit in with him. I was stubborn.” – Scott Stapp

God’s Word: “But they did not listen or pay attention; instead, they followed the stubborn inclinations of their evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.” – Jeremiah 7:24