iTruth

Maybe you’ve seen the commercials for Apple’s iPod. While they don’t come cheap, iPods can store many, many songs, and make the CD virtually obsolete. If you’re not a big fan of music, an iPod would be a pretty pointless investment. If, however, you’re like me, and you have so many CDs they are taking over your bedroom and Jeep like kudzu, buying an iPod is worthwhile.

With my iPod, I can store almost 1,000 songs. (And it’s not even a big one!) Why would anybody want to have so many songs on an electronic device? Simple. It takes up far less room and is a whole lot neater than all those CDs. You can even buy music online for 99 cents a song and download it straight to your computer without having to drive to the store, much less have the actual physical mess that will inevitably accrue. The best thing about the iPod is that it isn’t any bigger than my hand. I have all my favorite songs at my fingertips, literally. It has practically every song I would want to hear.

Putting all those songs on the iPod was a time-consuming task. I had to figure out which songs I wanted most and then load them onto my computer. I then sorted them by the style of music. Then I connected my iPod to the computer and transferred the songs from the computer to the device. It took a lot of hard work and study, sure, but it has an immense payoff!

When I think about the iPod, I am reminded of my Bible. My Bible is a little larger than the iPod, but it still fits in my hand. It’s not so big and unwieldy that I have to devote a table to holding the Bible for me, like one might do with an unabridged dictionary. Peter says in 2 Peter 1:3 that “His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness” (NKJV). This means everything I need to know about becoming a Christian fits in the palm of my hand. Everything I need to know about living the Christian life fits in the palm of my hand. Everything I need to know about getting to heaven fits in the palm of my hand.

Consequently, I am wary when I hear of teachings other than what is in my Bible, whether they be on television, on the radio, or professed by somebody in person. The world is filled with a lot of good, well-intentioned people who are misguided (Matthew 7:14). I imagine the population of heaven would be exponentially increased should more people look to the palm of their hands and read their Bible like the Thessalonicans did in Acts 17:11, to make sure what they believed was the truth.

Are we searching the scriptures daily?