Psalm 119:33-40

Psalm 119:33-40
English Standard Version (ESV)

  I've been in school a lot.  I've graduated from the 21st grade, and I've had good teachers and bad teachers and everything in between.  Some lectured while others challenged us.  The best teachers were the ones who could not only lead you by explaining the simple concepts but also challenge you to figure it out for yourself, while always guiding to keep you on task.
  What are you learning?  We're all students of Christ -- none of us have mastered his teachings or his example.  The challenges increase as we grow, always calling us deeper, to learn and grow in new ways.  It's important that we think of ourselves as students, because that calls us back to the teacher, keeping us humble, pulling us deeper.  We sit at the Master's knee, longing to hear what he has to say to us, how he challenges us as we consider how to integrate his teachings into our lives.  We use the Bible as our guide and let our prayer lives serve as instruction sessions, in which we allow the Holy Spirit to teach our souls how to learn and how to grow.  Our fellow students teach us as well as we study together.  May we continue to yearn for the Word of God to teach us, to raise us up, and to send us onward.