Seek Instruction

Devotions ChopChop ^ | May 2, 2009 | Dave Miller (tenger)

[tenger]

Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. Proverbs 19:27

I used to think that knowledge was the key to life. What I mean by that is, I once thought that if we were all enlightened and went to college, we would know how to solve the world's problems. In fact, with so much collective knowledge out there, why aren't the world's problems solved?

But there's knowledge and there's instruction. We often equate the two, and sometimes they're related. More often than not, though, they're as different as night and day. You can get knowledge from a book or an internet site. An instructor can impart knowledge. However, Instruction is a personal thing. "Instruction" is that same teacher having a heart to heart with you after class and telling you that you don't need to misbehave like so and so does in order to be accepted. Instruction is having "that talk" with your child before his or her peers talk about it. Instruction is the wisdom and wise counsel that goes along with those types of scenarios.

Never stop seeking instruction from those who have been on the path we're on. Jesus offers us instruction as well, if we'll accept it.

[tenger]

After perhaps a month long hiatus from posting these devotions on FR, I'm back. While I was gone, I made it through the entire Hebrews 11 chapter, each named character warranting a post. It's all on the above website.

[ckilmer]

Here's a pretty good prayer song that, I think, addresses this.