Carefully execute every instruction given to you by the director producer and studio. But that would be a life not worth living.
The word of God is a Christian's instructions for life. God speaks to us through His word so we cannot constantly be running on empty.
Life's metaphors are God's instructions.
The sacred writing gives instructions on how to live life.
Each moment of our life we either invoke or destroy our dreams. We call upon it to become a fact or we cancel our previous instructions.
This life has been a test. If it had been an actual life you would have received actual instructions on where to go and what to do.
The reason literacy is important is that literature is the operating instructions. The best manual we have. The most useful guide to the country we're visiting life.