Are you Teachable?

Proverbs 1:7- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction(Job 28:28; Psalm 111:10).

One of the questions being asked on a job interview that I always thought was interesting was if I was teachable. For some reason it always took some time to answer that question. None of the other questions really bothered me, just this one. Am I a teachable person. The truth is no, naturally I am not. I am the type of guy that would not want to stop and ask for directions because I should already know where Iam going. I do not want someone to teach me about a program on my computer that I have had for a while. It is hard for me to admit, "I don't know" to certain questions. Sometimes if I do not know the answer, I can make a good one up on the spot even if there is no truth in what I gave, at least it sounded good, when it would have been easier to say, "I have no idea."

Winston Churchill said, "Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." That is probably true for a lot of us. When it comes to God's Word and standard, I should be learning everyday of my life until my death. True knowledge is fearing the Lord. Do I have the good fear of the Lord? Do you? When I learn more of God's Word I learn more what it means to fear him. When I fear the Lord, I am learning what his word says. Do I like being taught? That is the hard part? Being patient and sitting before the Lord so we can be taught? Sometimes that means being disciplined. The word disciple is very close to discipline and true discipliship will not happen without discipline. So are you teachable and are you being taught right now by God? What have you been learning?

God Bless,

PJ