A YOUNG man one day was on his way to visit a friend named John who lived on a farm. He entered the farm and began to meander up the road that led to his friend\u2019s home. He had to pass by a barn and as he got near to it, he stopped, perplexed. He saw something that both mesmerized and stupefied him. On the barn were twenty targets. In the middle of each target was a bull\u2019s-eye, and in the middle of each bull\u2019s-eye was a hole. Someone had used the barn as target practice and whoever it was, was a crack shot. There were no other holes on the barn except the holes in the bull\u2019s-eyes, centered in the targets. He couldn\u2019t believe it. He started back up the road to the house.<\/p>\n
When he met up with John at the house, he said, \u201cBefore we begin our day together, I\u2019ve just got to ask you, who in the world did the shooting on the barn?\u201d<\/p>\n
John said, \u201cWell, I did.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man looked surprised and said, \u201cWait a minute! I can\u2019t believe anybody can shoot that good. There are twenty targets, with twenty bulls-eyes, with twenty holes in each bulls-eye. You mean to tell me you did that?\u201d<\/p>\n
John said, \u201cYup, I made every shot.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere in the world \u2026 how in the world did you learn to shoot like that?\u201d<\/p>\n
John said, \u201cIt\u2019s simple. I shot first, then I drew a picture of the target around the hole.\u201d<\/p>\n
A lot of us are like John. We just look like we\u2019re on-target. We have learned the verbiage. We have learned to carry the right Bible under our arms. We have gone through the right motions, and have learned to don evangelical smiles. It looks like we\u2019ve hit a bull\u2019s-eye. It\u2019s not so much that we\u2019ve hit a bull\u2019s-eye; we\u2019ve just learned how to paint well. It is possible to go through the motions and not live a life on-target.570<\/p>\n
[Christian Living, Authenticity]<\/p>\n
Matt. 15:8; 23:27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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