Learn today, earn Tomorrow

Text: Prov 20: 15
More Lessons: Luke 2: 42-49
Bible Reading in One Year: John 18-21

One of the major preparations a man can make for advancement in destiny is in the place of learning. A man who wants to advance, needs a preparation and that preparation is education. In Luke 2:42-49 we read about Jesus in the early stage of His life sitting amongst doctors of law, asking and answering questions. Daniel also was a man great in the place of learning. In Babylon they needed young men who were without blemish, well favoured, skillful in wisdom, cunning in knowledge and understanding science . You may think that with such qualities, he would have started off straight away but they were to come and be taught the learning and tongue of the Chaldeans. (Dan 1: 4)

Many people want to become great but they want their greatness to begin from the roof. You can't climb a tree from the roof. To be great, there must be a period of sitting to learn. If you want to lead, learn to read. Readers are leaders. When you read, you find out how to do it and how not to do it. Learning is by reading and studying first the Bible and then books on varieties of subjects. Believers should know that they need to be learned both in physical and spiritual things. How much you learn today will determine your earnings tomorrow. Anybody who wants to learn must be humble and teachable at heart; he must be observant and willing to ask questions.

Don't just sit down all through a meeting; ask questions on what you don't understand. Also be observant. The attitude of being observant is one thing that is missing in many Christians. Anywhere I go, I observe if there is something to learn there. I ask myself, 'Is there something they do here better than the way I used to do it?' Don't just listen to messages, observe how they are preached; don't just read books, observe how they are written. So that when it is your turn, you can do better. Observe!

Humility is a price that must be paid to learn. Do more of listening than speaking. Some sit with their pastor and go off bragging, instead of them to sit down and say, 'please, what do you see to this?' and let their pastor do the talking. Anybody who will learn must be somebody who can listen. Do more of listening than talking.

Other aspects of a heart that will learn include denying oneself of some pleasures in order to learn. Buying materials that will aid learning and improve your life instead of spending money on irrelevancies.

I encourage you to put on these virtues and start learning in preparation for the advancement that God has proposed for you right before the foundation of the earth.

Prayer/Action
* Ask the Word to quicken your ears to hear, your eyes to see and mind to learn.
* Pray that God will give you a humble heart to learn.
* Lord, help me to be a good leader by cultivating a reading lifestyle.

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