Always Learning

Ever feel like you know everything you can seem to know about something and then someone comes along and points something out that you somehow missed? I think sometimes I get to the point in which I miss these opportunities. I wish I was wrong more, but do not get me wrong, I do not want to feel like I know nothing. I simply wish I had people point out stuff I never realized and actually showed me something. I know that I learn more this way and it is humbling to know that there are somethings you will just never fully know. I sometimes just get caught up in feeling like I have no farther up to go in some aspects of life and I can stop working, or that all I need to do is teach others what I know. However, I should keep myself open and willing to learn because I never know when someone will teach me something that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I know that most of the time i try to be a very humble person but there are times when I am arrogant and that almost always comes back to bite me. God works in mysterious ways and if we let him deal with us then he will take care of things and show us a knew way of thinking. I have let him transform most areas of my life but I think the one part of me that I have not fully let him transform is my mind and the mind is a dangerous thing. My mind can lead me into trouble even when my heart tells me otherwise. I think this is because I have not allowed my mind to be controlled by my heart and what God has laid on my heart. Once I get to that point I think I will have a much easier time repelling the attacks of Satan and standing firm. Putting on my helmet of salvation and guarding my mind against all that is evil will help me immensely.

Colossions 3:12 states, "Therefore, God's chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, gentleness, and patience.  This sort of goes along the lines of what I said yesterday about being a servant but I think it also is telling us that when we are serving, these traits need to be visible in our lives. We can serve without being gentle or patient with the ones we are serving. Have you ever tried doing something for someone but they seem to take their time in showing up for something or they are ungrateful? I do not think that serving is the hard part, it is recognizing how we are serving and how we are being leaders. The story in my book is about a coach who had her players run long distance on the first day of practice and she noticed that when the first girl finished, the girl did not rest but instead she went and ran with the girl at the back who was going to finish last. The coach said that in all her days of being a player, she never went back, she just wanted to rest after completing her portion. She said that God taught her about kindness and sensitivity that day and she realized that she could learn more from her team than she ever thought and that she might even learn more than she taught. I thought this was a great story because it shows that we never stop learning and that God can open our eyes to things unseen even when we did not notice at first. Has God moved in your life in this way recently? What has he shown you? I know that I need to be more submissive to God and follow what he is doing in my life and I continue to work on it everyday. These are just the major things I need to work on, being submissive and letting him transform my mind. I think the minor things will be eliminated and molded by allowing these things to happen. I expect some big changes over the next few weeks. We shall see what happens.

I was thinking the best way to show God that you love him is by listening to him and following what he has asked us to do. He does not necessarily just want to hear us tell him that we love him, he wants to know that we love him. Keep pressing on toward the goal and live life with God as the focus, sometimes that is hard to do and we lose sight of what we are truly here for. Hope you all had a great day.

God Bless,

Joseph Robinson