An Apt Pupil

The hardest thing for a teacher to overcome isn’t the intelligence of their pupils, a boring topic or even a lack of resources. It is simply a lack of desire from their students. When those you teach don’t have any desire to learn, it is almost impossible to be a good teacher (or at least feel that way).  The result is not good for the teacher or the students. The constant pulling and prodding to attempt to drag interest will wear anyone out. 

  I think God feels the same way. In Psalms 32:8-9 we read, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.  Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.” Just as no teacher wants to “force” his students to learn, God doesn’t either. We need to willfully and eagerly approach God and the lessons He has for us if we want the best for ourselves.