Every job has its details that can be considered tedious, or unimportant when being done, and mine is no exception.  One of the major things front counter people do is stock…sauces, cups, lids, bags, etc, to have them at the ready at each station when the rushes come.  There is nothing necessarily glamorous or exciting about stocking 200 packets of mayonaise or jelly – and it has to be repeated frequently.  And yet!  When the customers are lined up 10 deep at breakfast with work and school deadlines looming, that stock work becomes invaluable!  The pressure of quick service is greatly relieved when I know that I have everything.I need at hand to make it happen, and I am successful.

There is a spiritual application here concerning God’s Word.  Psalm 119:11 is one of the first Bible verses a lot of us ever learned -thy Word I have hidden in my heart – and yet it is also one that a lot of us struggle with even today.  NOT that reading God’s Word is tedious (like my stocking) but memorizing it CAN seem that way.

AND YET!  When the spiritual battles rage, the trials come, and temptation knocks on our door, the ONLY thing that will keep the pressure off and make us successful is our “stock pile” of memorized verses!  And like at work, the supply needs to be replenished over and over again, to keep us going.

After all, one day our Bibles may not be in reach or available at all.  One of my favorite senior adult friends spent the last week of her life awake 24/7 in the hospital, unable to read, and yet she recited Scripture until she died.  That’s a life that was well prepared to face that week!

SO!  Let’s stock up.  We need to spend the time and effort now preparing and working to have a full supply of Scripture to face every “rush” of doubt or fear or challenge that we have!  To God be the glory!