Walter Hunt was great at making things. He just wasn’t good at doing something with what he made.
In 1834, he
inventing the first sewing machine but never filed a patent on it. Someone else
did and made a fortune. He didn’t make that mistake again with the first
fountain pen and first repeating rifle. However, he never turned them into
viable products. Others did and made amazing profits. In 1849, after a few
hours playing with a piece of wire be bent it into the shape that would become the
safety pin. That idea would go on to be a million-dollar one. Just not for him.
He sold the patent for $100, to make some quick cash.
Such great ideas but
he never capitalized on them.
James warns his readers about this kind of
behavior. Those that hear the word but don’t act on it. Those that have faith but
don’t have works. Those that have God’s commands but don’t do the very thing
those commands say. It’s not enough to just know the right thing, we have to do
the right thing with it.
But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who
delude themselves.
James 1:22
With the inventive
brain, Walter Hunt was blessed with he should have been set for life. Instead, he
had nothing. We could do the same thing if we never heed the wisdom that God
has blessed us with. We exactly what we need to be set for eternal life. Are we taking hold of it? Are we utilizing the
knowledge we have been given? Are we exchanging it for something of less value?
We know what we need to but what are we doing
with it?
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