Over half a century ago (1968 to be exact)
Ford Motor Company began a new advertising campaign using the slogan “Ford has
a better idea.” It featured the image of a glowing light bulb and urged
listeners and viewers to “see the light!” No doubt Ford’s engineers had some good
ideas. Others, not so much. The snarky side of me has gotten quite a bit of
mileage mocking the “better idea” of things I found sub-par in the Ford vehicles
I’ve owned. In those cases, I obviously think my own ideas are better than
Ford’s! You might or might not agree.
Neither you nor I will ever have better
ideas than God has. King Saul thought he had a better idea of what to do with
the king and livestock of Amalek. God told Saul to utterly destroy them. Saul
brought back the king and the best of the livestock, supposedly to sacrifice
the animals to the Lord. Wouldn’t just destroying them all be a waste? Wouldn’t
sacrificing them be a better idea? The prophet Samuel answered: “Behold, to
obey is better than sacrifice” (1 Samuel 15:22).
God has graciously provided a way for
sinners to be saved. When a lost person puts his confident trust in Jesus as
the Son of God, repents of sin, and is immersed in water for the remission of
sins, God washes that person’s sins away in the blood of Christ. The book of
Acts is replete with examples. According to some, however, there is a better
way: Pray the “sinner’s prayer” and invite Jesus into your heart! (Don’t bother
looking for Scripture that teaches it!)
Then there’s that thorny subject of
baptism. The very word means “immersion,” but people have decided sprinkling
and pouring are better ideas.
You can think of other examples. But far
and away the best idea is to trust and obey the Lord!
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