Following instructions

I usually don't read the instructions. Oh, I know I should, but there are times when I figure how hard can it be!

Well, this morning I left my good thermos at work AGAIN...my RCC thermos is so awesome, it keeps my coffee hot all morning and all I have to do is put hot tap water in it in the morning for about a minute. So I had to use the green thermos. I hate this thermos. It is big, but it doesn't keep anything hot for any length of time. So after I put hot water in it for a minute, then loaded it with coffee and honey, I'm shaking it up and I read on the bottom:

PREHEAT BY FILLING WITH BOILING WATER AND LET STAND FOR FIVE MINUTES

Hmm...maybe the thermos isn't the problem? Maybe the problem is I have NEVER read nor followed the instructions?

Do we do that with the bible sometimes? We just glance at it and go about our day without ever following the instructions? This morning, proverbs 8 was on my reading list. This proverb is talking about wisdom, how she calls to us and how she was created long before the earth came into existance. I was admonished to:

Let instruction and knowledge

mean more to you

than silver

or the finest gold

There's my instructions...I just need to follow them!