I own a lot of tools, but I don’t own any that’s flawless. Two vehicles sit in my garage, both in good running order, but far from flawless. I never provided my wife with a stash of jewels, and the diamond in her engagement ring falls far short of flawless. None of the work I do reaches the level of flawless.

Since it’s baseball season, I thought of pitching a perfect game. A perfect game means the pitcher faces the minimum number of batters (27), and gets each one out, with no one reaching base for any reason. A perfect game = flawless. In the history of major league baseball, with over 218,400 games played, only 23 pitchers threw a perfect game. Flawless remains a high standard.

The psalmist writes: As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless.

If I want to spend time taking in valuable ideas, then the flawless word of God is the place to start. When I think of the time I spend watching TV, or reading articles on my phone, or worst of all, skimming social media, I get an idea of my investments in the faulty.

Social media has proven itself the most powerful disseminator of ignorance in human history. Why should I spend more time that absolutely necessary swimming in such dishwater?

The average internet user spends almost two and a half hours per day on social media. If I keep that habit over the next twenty years, I’ll spend two years on social media. I find that startling—is that really how I want to waste two years?

Compare such frittering to time spent in the word of God. Filthy versus flawless. Fortunately, even small chunks of scripture go a long way. Time in the flawless word of the Lord always benefits me and those around me.

Psalm 18 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022

Photo by Edgar Soto