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63 Year-Old Man Went To School His Whole Life But ...
Contributed by Sermon Central on Nov 30, 2009 (message contributor)
63 year-old Man Went to School His Whole Life but Never Worked
Richard DeHaan shares this illustration:
"I read about a man in New York City who died at the age of 63 without ever having had a job. He spent his entire adult life in college. He had acquired so many academic degrees that they looked like the alphabet behind his name.
"Why did this man spend his entire life in college? When he was a child, a wealthy relative died who had named him as a beneficiary in his will. It stated that he was to be given enough money to support him every year as long as he stayed in school. And it was to be discontinued when he had completed his education.
"The man met the terms of the will, but by staying in school indefinitely he turned a technicality into a steady income for life—something his benefactor never intended. Unfortunately, he spent thousands of hours listening to professors and reading books but never "doing." He acquired more and more knowledge but didn’t put it into practice."
[from Our Daily Bread]
From a sermon by Ed Vasicek, More Gospel Connections to Deuteronomy, 11/30/2009
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