Stick with me on this.
I read a verse this morning from Proverbs that sounds discouraging, yet it actually — indirectly — affirms the importance of investing time and effort and perhaps money into learning efforts.
If you find a person who really wants to learn at the job or in college or, better yet, at church, then you’ve found a good thing.
You’ve found a good investment.
People who want to learn are our greatest resource for our families, for our congregations, for our workplaces, for our communities.
People who don’t want to learn are foolish and are choosing to remain as such.
I want to be the person who is always learning, even though it takes commitment to vigilantly gain new knowledge and wisdom.
I never want to become the type of person mentioned in Proverbs 17:16 —
“It is senseless to pay to educate a fool, since he has no heart for learning.”
When my daughters were in private school and later in private colleges, a lot of money flowed from my bank account into the schools’ bank accounts.
I was glad, however, for being able to invest in the girls’ education since they both had hearts for learning.
Both have become very successful in their careers and I give all the glory to God for providing the resources needed for providing the education they needed.
If the girls had been slothful in their studies and disinterested in learning, though, I would have been a poor steward to keep spending fistfuls of money on their college bills.
Listen, if we display a heart for learning regarding the scriptures and the work of the Church and the ways of humbly encouraging/equipping others, God will continue investing heavily in blessing us.
Let’s be very careful to avoid becoming fools in God’s sight who aren’t striving to learn more about serving Him.
Please make it a habit to learn DAILY something significant about the Bible or about helping a church member. God always blesses those who invest in knowing Him — and serving Him — in a better way.
As always, I love you
Martin
