Daily Power #21

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. (Ps. 32:8)

I love to play sports and was on the tennis team in college. When we “schooled” someone on the tennis court, it meant we taught them a lesson by beating them. What I’ve discovered as I’ve grown older, however, is the way God schools us every day.

He’s not humiliating us—like I might’ve done with a few collegiate rivals—he’s truly teaching us, giving us the counsel and instruction that’s best for us. When we start thinking differently about how we relate to God, each day provides us with new learning opportunities.

We don’t have to be in school or on the sports field or training for a new career in order to experience God’s life lessons all around us. He delights in teaching us his truth. Through his Word, we have the opportunity to study his many lessons, each day discovering a new insight or a fresh angle to his truth that endures forever.

God also reveals his instructions to us through prayer and through our relationships with other people. While we may not always receive the answer we want when we want it, we can still know that he will guide us. Like a hiker lost in the woods who finds a compass, you don’t have to rely on your knowledge alone.

Notice what God is trying to teach you today—about yourself, about your life, and about who he is.

Power Lift

Jesus, sometimes I still forget how much I have. Keep my spirit teachable and my heart humble. Open my eyes to see and my ears to hear the lessons of your truth before me today.