CliffsNotes study guides are written by real teachers and professors to help you “score high on exams.” Yes, I read a lot of Cliffs Notes instead of reading the books in college. I was amazed to learn how many of my professors knew that I did not read the books. One professor said that there is so much more in the book that Cliffs Notes miss. It is like only using what you hear in the church to be your guide through life. If God has a plan for our lives, do we just want the “Cliffs Notes” version of instructions?
Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
2 Timothy 2:15 (ESV)
15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.