A Teachable Spirit
(NIV) Prov 15:30 Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart,
and good news gives health to the bones.
31 Whoever heeds life-giving correction
will be at home among the wise.
32 Those who disregard discipline despise themselves,
but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.
33 Wisdom’s instruction is to fear the LORD,
and humility comes before honor.
16:1 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.
2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them,
but motives are weighed by the LORD.
3 Commit to the LORD whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
Have you ever thrown up your hands before the Lord and said, “Ok, God, I give in. I’ve been here before—I recognize I’ve been here before, so if you’ll just tell me what I need to learn, I promise I’ll never do it again!” I have to say that is one prayer I have spoken more than one time, and it is the one prayer that has not been particularly effective. Why do we find ourselves in the same type of circumstances repeatedly? The singular reason, I believe, is failure to learn.
I consider myself teachable. I have even been told by others that I am teachable. Yet, sometimes these situations in which I find myself seem to disguise the very areas in which I need to grow. So I continue each day to read and meditate on God’s Word, asking the Holy Spirit to reveal to me the the direction in which I should go.
May we today ask our Heavenly Father for insight into what is holding us back from moving forward, and may the Holy Spirit shine the light of truth over our circumstances, enabling us to see clearly the corrections we need to make in order to be more Christlike in everything we think, do, and say.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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