February 26, 2006
Psa 119:66 KJV Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
Children (teenagers) nowadays think that they know more than their parents. It is a given fact that they probably know more about the communication programs of their computers and about the multiple functions of their mobile phone, than adults ever care to know about. The problem rises when because of their area of expertise, those same teenagers seem to think that they know more than their parents about most things in life and therefore become unteachable. A very dear teacher friend of mine often reminds those pupils of hers who through their immature pride forget the reality of their limited academic condition by asking them “Are you teachable?”
Because of his insecure and immature condition, it is normal for a child to act in that way towards the adults in his life. He feels insecure and he has to compensate by acting sure of himself. Not only it humbles him to realize that he just doesn’t know, but in his pride he doesn’t believe that others know either. It is a weak and immature person; unsure of themselves who feel that they have to act in pride and self-assurance in order to prove themselves to others, and even sometimes to themselves! The problem is when adults continue their lives in that same insecure behavior by exerting a show of self-assurance, not believing either the Words of the LORD. If anything, the more a person spiritually grows and matures, the more they should realize their need for utter dependency on the LORD and His Words.
This reality of the behavior of children and teenagers towards their parents and teachers should serve as a good reflection of our own attitude towards our great heavenly Teacher, King and Father. Don’t we sometimes run with our fingers in our ears saying to the Lord, “let me handle it Lord, I already know!” while the Holy Spirit asks us in our hearts, “are you teachable”?
“If we learn anything in this life, Lord, help us to learn, that the more we know, the more we should know that we don’t know. Help us to teach our children the meek spirit of being ‘teachable’ by our own sample and attitude with you, in beliving you Word”
Mat 5:5 KJV Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
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