Daily Meditations on the Bible / We stand with Israel
Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
Summary: Peter draws our attention to our need to approach God properly when we pray so that it is possible to pray.
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Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober…
Years ago back in the late 1970s, I drove a tour bus in Alaska. Not only did I drive the bus, but thanks to the wonders of a microphone mounted on a flex arm I was also the tour guide. Having driven over one hundred thousand miles of Alaskan highways and byways, I feel fairly well qualified to state that a trip through the barren wastelands of Alaska and the Yukon is much more entertaining with a tour guide than it is driving-driving-driving until you get to the next place on the map.
A good tour guide knows a lot about his or her territory. A tour guide has to know where they are at any given time. That kind of goes without saying.
Continue reading “1 Peter 1:13 (a) — Tour Guide”