Pass it on! - All The Word for Today Daily Devotionals for 2025

‘Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.’ Proverbs 4:7 NKJV

Mentor Graham was so absorbed in evaluating the assignments he had given his students that he failed to notice the youthful giant who slouched into his Illinois schoolroom one day after school. After his eyes adjusted to the brightness of the late afternoon sunshine, which cast the husky young man in silhouette, he recognised the youth as a newcomer to the community.

The lad already had a reputation for ‘whipping the living daylights’ out of all the local toughs. Graham would have been justified in thinking, ‘What does he want here? Am I in danger?’ But instead, he looked up and down the six foot, four inches of muscle and ignorance standing before him—and offered to help the lad with his reading and studies. When the young man left the schoolroom an hour later, he had several books under his arm—on loan from Mentor Graham, with a promise of more to come. There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Mentor Graham, right? He was a quiet man, simply willing to do his best for any student who came his way. But his pupil became famous. His name? Abraham Lincoln. Graham recognised in Lincoln a hunger for knowledge and a desire to learn—and took the time to invest in him. And as a result, Lincoln helped change history. The greatest investment you can make is in people. Solomon wrote, ‘Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.’ And when you get it, don’t keep it to yourself—pass it on.

Soulfood: 1 Chr 16-18 John 9:13-23 Ps 105:1-15 Pro 25:23-25