Reteach

God is like a teacher. He uses His word to teach us what we should do and how we should live. The guideline for our lives is right there in His word. It can be viewed as a resource to help make things easier and get us to the next level. This is not unlike regular teachers and how they teach students what they need to learn to go to the next level. Everything seems great during the instruction period. However, test day comes and the application of what was learned seems less than satisfactory. The test results don’t show exactly what they know or make it look like the hard work was worth the effort. Why is this? From the teacher’s perspective everything has been done to guide the students toward success. The teachers forgot to factor in the human factor-nervous, distracted, forgetful. This is not unlike our daily lives in our relationship with God. He gave us the tools to pass the tests life throws at us. We read, pray, worship, and receive instruction to feel confident to handle whatever comes our way. Then the human factor arrives. We get distracted and allow circumstances to keep us from effectively executing the things we’ve learned. Just as teachers are there to reteach and encourage their students, God is there to reteach and encourage us. Our goal should be to improve the execution of what we learn from God in the instruction times. Proverbs 4:13 says, “Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is life.” (NIV) We can survive the tests of life when distractions come. We will thrive if we hold on to God’s instruction and guard it above everything else.