Before the electronic gadgets and distractions of today, the long summer days of my boyhood were brightened each week when the bookmobile arrived. It was a bus lined with book-filled shelves that were transported from the regional library to neighborhoods so that those without transportation could access them. Because of the bookmobile, I spent many a happy summer day reading books that would otherwise have been inaccessible. To this day, I am thankful for the love of books that the bookmobile fostered in me.
Some Bible scholars say that the apostle Paul had a love of books and studied them till the end of his life. He wrote in his final letter, Bring the cloak that I left with Carpus at Troas when you comeand the books, especially the parchments (2 Tim. 4:13). The books he was asking for could very well have been the Old Testament and/or some of his own writings.
Im sure that Pauls pursuit of knowledge was more than intellectual curiosity or entertainment. It was the pursuit of Christ that drove Paul. His goal: That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death (Phil 3:10). I pray that this same pursuit will drive us today.
Read: Philippians 3:7-14
Good evening, Mayor, and thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.