The Greatest Gift You Can Give

Max Lucado Daily Devotional

Max Lucado

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Crankcase oil coursed my dad’s veins. He repaired engines for a living; Dad loved machines. God gave my dad a mechanical moron,...

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0:00.0	Crank case oil coursed my dad's veins. He repaired engines for a living.
0:06.4	Dad loved machines. This is Max Lakato. God gave my dad a mechanical moron, a son who couldn't
0:14.4	differentiate between a differential and a brake disc. Dad tried to teach me. I tried to learn.
0:20.8	Honestly, I did. Mach Dad tried to teach me. I tried to learn. Honestly, I did.
0:22.3	Machines anesthetized me.
0:25.3	But books fascinated me.
0:28.1	What does a mechanic do with a son who loves books?
0:31.1	He gives him a library card.
0:33.1	Bies him a few volumes for Christmas.
0:35.3	Places a lamp by his bed so he can read at night,
0:38.0	pays tuition so his son can study college literature in high school. My dad did that.
0:43.4	You know what he didn't do? Never once did he say, why can't you be a mechanic like your dad and
0:49.1	granddad? Study your children while you can. The greatest gift you can give your child is not your riches,
0:57.0	but revealing to them their own.

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