Conflog #1

What’s a conflog? It’s like climbing into the proverbial confession booth on a blog. It’s a confession booth blog. It’s a conflog. (John Candy on Spaceballs anyone?). This is a time to get real, share issues, struggles or get something off your chest. I’ll start, you join in.

Here goes…

I love to read. In many genres. One of the reasons I read so much is to stay in the know and up-to-date on the latest in business, marketing, management and leadership. (or I just don’t want to be the only one who hasn’t read Seth Godin’s latest book or post). So, here’s the confession. Many times I will read those books with great anticipation than the Bible, thinking it’ll help me more and I wont get left behind. So, basically I put more hope in the thoughts of a human author than the creator of the universe.

I wonder how many pastors would admit that? Do you spend more time in the Word than reading Fast Company or Harvard Business Review? There’s nothing wrong with reading those magazines or any of the business books, unless we put more stock into them than the Word. It’s time for me to put more hope that God’s word can change me and make me a better leader than any NYT best-seller could.

You?

alece says:

February 26, 2010 at 9:47 am

i’ve been so convicted on this subject lately. i need to be hungrier for His Word than i am. if i truly believed the life and power it contains, i’d spend more time soaking it up.

i love 1 sam. 3:21 that says the Lord revealed Himself to samuel through His Word. i can say all i want that i desire Him to reveal Himself to me. i need to read the Bible more so that He can.

a friend wrote a post earlier this week on this same thing – you might enjoy it, greg: http://bit.ly/9owyPW