Throughout my college days, many of my classmates and friends struggled because of how a professor/teacher explained something to them. If truth were told, the professor/teacher had taught that way for a long time and probably felt that there was nothing wrong with it. However, thanks to the Almighty God for giving me clarity and understanding in matters, because it led me to have study groups with my classmates and friends. Through those study sessions, it provided me opportunity to teach them the way of handling the respective problems within a respective class. Through those study sessions, my classmates and friends were able to pass their respective classes, make decent grades, and eventually, graduate with their Bachelor’s degrees. If we switch this thing spiritually, it’s imperative to have the right teacher, leading you and guiding you in spiritual maturity. It’s important to be a part of a church family where you can grow and in turn, people can grow from your experiences. It’s important to have a pastor who can minister to your needs every Sunday and growth is the name of the game. It’s important to learn more about the Teacher above all teachers, the Right Teacher, our Heavenly Father! When you have the right teacher, you learn valuable lessons! Today’s message conveys the blessings and lessons one can learn if they have the right teacher in God.
Today’s message is found in the 86th division of Psalms. This particular psalm was written by David. Scholars reveal this particular psalm was written while David was in trouble and was under attack. There will come times and seasons where attack will have your name on it! There are times and seasons where struggle will have your name on it! There are times and seasons where loneliness will have your name on it! If you remember what Jesus told the disciples in the Great Commission, He told them that I will be with you, even unto the end of the world. Through your seasons of pains, blues, and agony, God will be there with you! Because David had right relationship with the Father, he could pen this psalm and further give us understanding of the blessings and lessons he desired from the Lord.
The first part of the text says this: “Teach me Your way, O LORD, and I will walk in Your truth”. Oftentimes within this world, we are quick to want to do things the way others have done it. Their way may be find and good, but I know someone whose ways are right ALL the time! Grandma may have lived a great life and done things a great way, but they may have not necessarily been the right way! Oftentimes, when the troubles of this world has beat us down and taken the steam out of our sails, we throw in the towel and say, “Lord, Teach me Your Way!” Having the right teacher in God will not only teach you the right way, but you will walk in His truth! You can often tell when someone has been taught something well in the school house. You can tell because nine times out of ten, when that skill is needed in a critical situation, they manage to put it to work and excel like it was the first time they had done it. When you learn the truth of God, you learn what to hear and what not to hear, what to trust and what not to trust, what to do and what not to do! When you receive these teachings from the Father through God Himself, your pastor, a minister, or whomever, the ball now goes into your court to execute and follow God’s ways!
David concludes this awesome text by saying the following: “Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear Your name”. When you are taught by the right teacher, you have NO doubts which way is correct and which way is incorrect. When you are taught by the right teacher, you can make the correct decision and your heart will be fine. David wanted God to give him the kind of heart that was complete and not split! This is a powerful statement because David’s son and our Savior, Jesus, tells us that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks! David’s natural son, Solomon, tells us in Proverbs that the reflection of a man is seen in his heart. Ladies and gentlemen, if you are following God and learning from His ways, your heart should not be divided. Your heart should be strong, your heart should be wise, your heart should be the things God has placed in it. When that heart is inside of you, then you can really fear (reverence, respect) the name of God. When you were ready to blow out your co-worker for getting on your nerves, it was God’s teaching that kept your heart whole and thus, you feared His name! When you were ready to give up on your spouse, it was God’s teaching that kept your heart whole and let you know to give them another chance! When you wanted to “borrow from Peter to pay Paul”, it was God’s teaching that taught us that when you give Him his 10%, His tithes and offerings, He will open up the windows of Heaven and pour you out a blessing that you would not have any room to receive it! You cannot get these things unless you are receiving the right teachings from the Right Teacher!
In closing, I was blessed to teach and tutor my classmates. It gave me an opportunity to learn them, them learn me, and ultimately, teach them the right way of getting things done on test day and their respective homework assignments. God Himself, wants you to have the right teaching as well! He wants to teach you His way that you may walk in truth. He wants to help you develop an undivided heart that you may fear His name. If you are reading today’s message and have not found “the right teaching/teacher”, I encourage you to seek God that He may teach you 1st and then, send you to the place where you can grow in Him! For those of you who know that you have the Right Teacher in God and through your pastor, then make God proud by following His ways and loving His people!
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