Our Personal Tutor

“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.” James 1:5.

Our experiences in learning will always be defined by our teacher’s ability to bridge their knowledge with our understanding. There was nothing worse for me in school as when I desired to understand something only to be made to feel stupid for asking or slow in learning. God promises that His instruction will be without reproach and given generously to all. The word reproach means to criticize, to scold and rebuke. I can remember the teachers who were able to bridge learning with respect, love and understanding. I have always encouraged my children to pursue one-on-one time with their professors at school in an attempt to better understand any sections from class they were unable to attain. This will always give them more personal and applicable knowledge for their perspective of understanding. We all learn in our individual and unique way.

We carry within us a wonderful spiritual tutor who walks along side us, who camps on lessons when we require additional help and who will quiz us to assure our understanding. He will never demean our level of knowledge and will never allow us to become stagnant in our learning. He desires success for us and a spirit of learning from us.

Our lives are canvases for which He teaches, instructs and writes out His story of love, grace and redemption upon our lives. These canvases are cumulative just as our years of education were and require daily learning and personal tutoring from the great Teacher who dwells within. The difference between the earthly classrooms and the spiritual classroom is the duration of the learning environment. We are in a constant state of spiritual development and eternal completion. God is writing His life for us in our daily walk and requires us to yield to those teachings. He will not rush or hurry us for in His classroom there is no sense of time, no teacher’s pet, and He doesn’t have anywhere He would rather be.

Mother Teresa lived out this concept and so should we as a student of God.

“We are pencils in the hands of a writing God.” – Mother Teresa