Proverbs 4:13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

Proverbs 4:13 Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

                Life is a learning process–the younger teachers learning from the older teachers, teachers learning from their principal, the parents learning from the staff, the staff learning from listening to the parents, students learning from teachers, teachers learning from students and students learning from other students.  Every conflict has a lesson in it; every success has a truth in it; and every failure has a future purpose.

                The key to learning is not just the lesson but, also, the student’s willingness to learn.  Those who run after wisdom and desire knowledge will soak it up like a sponge.  They will learn.  Even the worst principal, teacher, parent, or student has something to teach you.  Sometimes our greatest lessons are “how not to do something” as we see others’ fail.

                In the above Scripture, there is a sense of urgency. “Hold on…, do not let it go; guard it…”   Students need to sense this deep desire for understanding and knowledge in us.  They will begin to build a lifestyle of seeking the truth as they begin to pattern their lives after ours.  As educators, we must never lay down our quest for truth.  New information, new techniques, and new applications are available in conferences, magazines, books, and evening classes.  As students of the Word of God, we should approach church services with open hearts to learn more truth.  If we become disinterested in sermons or in Bible study, we need to check to see if we have become proud, arrogant, and unteachable..  Let us again pick up our paper and pencil to take the position of student—a student of life.  If we live long enough, we may even find ourselves learning from those who were once our students.  We can learn from anyone.  Truth is everywhere for us to grasp.  Reach for it.

Dear God, It is my desire to be teachable.  There is so much knowledge and understanding needed in today’s world.  May I never become the unteachable teacher–one who hardens her heart toward you and your truths.