“But God demonstrated His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 MEV

Once again I found myself staring at the printer. I had just enough paper to make the copies I needed. Three pages, but pages 2 & 3 needed to be back to back for this job. Three pages on two. Being on the last page, I looked at the printer, set page 2 into the paper feeder and hit ‘Print!’ What came out was page 2 and 3… on the SAME PAGE! Here’s a thought… was I making copies?? Or just wasting paper?

If you have been a child, student, employee or a Christian, have you discovered that one of the most important lessons learned is that it isn’t WHAT you do.. but HOW you do it that matters? And that MOST of the time, WHY carries a lot of weight in the mistake process. Looking down at the paper feed, I noticed I had preciously placed an orange sticky note that read, “face up – top forward.” I hadn’t paid attention to my previous painful experience! Realistically … I was just wasting paper!

I have learned that God is usually not as critical of WHAT I do as He is with HOW and WHY I do it! Often times I use the excuse, ‘I didn’t know.’ This is the plea of ignorance! What does God think about that excuse? Well, looking at the root word for ignorance, it starts with ‘ignore.’ Not a good thing! We all have learned the saying, “ignorance of the law is NO excuse.” I tried using it on a Policeman once after being pulled over for speeding! He just shook his head!

The thought hit me, “I wonder if pain was involved in Jesus birth?” He was in Heaven looking down on EVERYTHING He had made. He knew EVERYTHING there is to know. And yet, He stepped off His throne and dove into the womb of a human… to ‘knowing NOTHING!’ I wonder if that hurt a bit? While I don’t know the answer, I DO know that human ignorance …is VERY painful indeed.

I have often heard folks say, ‘I don’t read the Bible because I don’t understand it, don’t like to read, or don’t have time.’ All excuses of WHAT they ‘don’t do.’ None of which are acceptable to God. While we were YET sinners… even before I was born… Christ made the decision to die for me! What, how and why are clearly spelled out because God is an ‘ACTION’ God. Being made in His image, I am expected to pay attention to my what’s, how’s and why’s concerning His action toward me.

This Christmas season is a PERFECT time to access my Faith in Christ. WHAT am I specifically doing for Him? HOW am I growing in my personal walk with my Savior as I try to copy His life in me? WHY do I choose one way over another? It is my job to ask those questions of myself …and Jesus sheep. Much of the time we ‘THINK’ we are copying Jesus… but in reality, aren’t we just wasting time?

HOW and WHY do YOU do WHAT you do? After all… Ignorance is NOT bliss!!