Malachi 3:6 I am the Lord, and I do not change.
I'm so thankful for that! Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. He healed the sick then and still heals us now. He spent a lot of time teaching then (Mark4:1) and He still loves to teach us now. The question is, are we teachable and do we want to learn?
Sometimes we can be a bit stubborn and we dig our heels in. There's a temptation to think 'Well I've always believed it this way, or always done it that way and you can't teach old dogs new tricks!'
But what if God has something to say in scripture that corrects us, or goes contrary to what we were taught or had handed down to us? Will we humble ourselves and go with scripture and let Jesus teach us what's right or will we be like an old dog! The reason I say that is this verse:
2 Timothy 3:16 All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realise what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
It says 'it teaches us' which means we obviously have a lot still to learn! Then it says it corrects us when we're wrong! Sometimes we may have got it wrong and only the Holy Spirit can show us that, and how to put it right, which is good news.
My brother has had to learn to cook for himself from scratch and he's really good now, so I rang him up for some advice on cooking something, which made us chuckle because although I've been cooking for ages I'm only an average, 'ok' sort of cook, so I'll take all the advice I can get! He was asking me, now I'm asking him.😊
I hope we all want to be teachable, to learn, to be corrected, to take all the help we can get. Scripture is our rock solid reference point. It's our recipe book for life and it's God Himself speaking to us through the Holy Spirit. John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, .... he will teach you all things... let's read the recipe book and listen and learn.
Holy Spirit help us to always be teachable, show us what we need to know, and correct us where we've got it wrong. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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