Where did I go wrong?
Got a headache yet? I do! 
When I was in high school I loved math. In fact, I took all the math I could take. In my senior year I took trigonometry. I know what you’re thinking, HIM!? Yes, I took this challenging course because I thought I would go to college to become a math major to teach math someday. My grades were pretty good in trig. Those long equations seemed right up my alley. One other student and I were battling it out for the title, “Math Student of the Year.” But, ones thing tripped me up. Though I could do the equations and follow the intricate formulas, I was careless in the details. I would add 2+2 and get 5! Then, because of that one small mistake, my final calculation was incorrect. I was just too fast and caviler.
Life is much like that. We can get the big picture right. We can know that we are to make decisions based upon God’s Word. We can know it and reflect on it. The subject matter isn’t our problem. We can move from Genesis to Revelation in record time. Our problem, however, is that we are too caviler in the small details.
The difference between truth and error can be a wide gap or a small crack. False teachers can get close but still be teaching error. And, the minute we let down our guard and think we have all the answers we are in danger of being taken off the right path.
On occasion we need to go back to “check our work.” My math teacher used to say that to me a lot. She would hand me back a homework assignment or test and tell me to recheck my work. When I did, I would often find the smallest mistake that made my conclusions incorrect. If I had only checked it before I handed in the assignment or test, I might have been the math student of the year.
No two answers can be correct to a math problem. Although they may look right, unless we follow the correct steps, we will be wrong. Two students solved the following simple math equation differently and both thought they were correct. They were asked to solve the following; 3+4×2. One student answered 11 the other answered 14. The first student multiplied 4×2 first and then added 3. The second student added 3+4 and multiplied by 2. Which is correct? If you chose student number you 2 you are………wrong! In math you do multiplication before you do addition. So, in this equation you multiply 4×2 and then add 3. Both answers look correct, but, only one is.
As you read and study the Word of God be sure to ask the right questions and find the right answers. Even a small mistake can result in a grave error, like missing Heaven by a mile.
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