Spiritual Standards

[287 words] Several years ago, it was reported that the telephone operator in a town in Cape Cod received a call every morning asking for the correct time. Finally, overcome with curiosity, she asked the inquirer, “Would you mind telling me why you call about this time every day and ask for the correct time?” “Sure, I’ll tell you,” The man said. “I want to get the exact time because I’m the man who blows the whistle at noon.” Well, that’s funny,” said the operator, “because every day at the stroke of noon I set our clock by your whistle.” How often do we set spiritual standards for ourselves based on what others are doing? Jesus based His spiritual standards on Scripture. He was committed to fulfilling what the Scriptures foretold about His life, ministry, death, burial, and resurrection. No human being, depending on their own knowledge, can look into…