GOD IS OUR TEACHER!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY APRIL 30, 2021

SUBJECT : GOD IS OUR TEACHER!

Memory verse: "This says the LORD, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way you should go." (Isaiah 48 vs 17.)

READ: Psalm 25 vs 4 - 5 & 8 - 10:

25:4: Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths.

25:5: Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; On You I wait all the day.

25:8: Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.

25:9: The humble He guides in justice, and the humble He teaches His way.

25:10: All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth. To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.

 

INTIMATION:

God instructs us on how to live. He sent His only Son to be a Model of His teaching, and it was one of the main aspects of Christ’s ministry. Teaching us shows God's concern for understanding. The other aspects of Christ's ministry were preaching, and healing. Preaching shows His concern for commitment. His miracles of healing authenticated His teaching and preaching, proving that He truly was from God. The Bible says of Jesus: "Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people" (Matthew 9 vs 35).

Like a loving parent, God teaches and directs us. The Bible, in Psalm 48 vs 14, says:- "For this is God, Our God forever and ever. He will be our guide Even unto death." We need both God's guidance, and His guide ; a map that gives us landmarks and directions (The Bible). The Holy Spirit of God indwelling us is the constant companion and guardian. He has an intimate knowledge of the way and makes sure we interpret the map correctly. As loving parents, God teaches and guides us. We should listen to Him because peace and righteousness come to us as we obey His Word. Refusing to pay attention to God's commands invites punishment and threatens that peace and righteousness.

We receive God's primary guidance system in His Word-/the Bible. By reading it and constantly learning from it, we will gain the wisdom to perceive God's direction for our lives. When we are willing to seek God, learn from His Word, and obey His commands, then we will receive His specific guidance. As you make your way through life, use both  the map and your Guide.

Unfortunately, we are bombarded today with relentless appeals to go in various directions, neglecting our specific Guide and Guardian. Television advertisements alone place hundreds of options before us, in addition to appeals made by cults, false religions, political parties, and dozens of other groups. Numerous organizations, including Christian organizations, seek to motivate us to support various causes of their choice respectively. 

Added to that, are the decisions we must make concerning our job, our family, our money, our society. All these decisions pull us in several directions, and we become desperate for someone to show us the right way. If you find yourself pulled in several directions, remember that God teaches the humble and right way.

Prayer: Abba Father, I love You Lord. Yours I am, and Yours I want to be. Show me the path of life, and endue me with the teachable and humble spirit that I may follow You till the end of age and earn Your approval, and consequently receive Your crown of glory in eternity, in Jesus' Name I have prayed. Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!