I do love to teach, but it can be very convicting at times.  Actually, as a teacher/leader I find myself more often convicted than I do as a student/learner.

Sunday at an AWANA leaders’ meeting we were discussing how we wanted the students to not merely memorize the verses, but to really take them in and apply them.  That’s when it hit me: how often do I do that?

I’m a student, always will be.  I do like to study and learn.  Yet I know I don’t spend as much time in the Bible as I should.  Probably spend more time in God’s Word than many, but what does that matter?

But even if I knew the Bible backwards and forward, it means nothing if I don’t apply it.  Once again, I’m not the worst at this, but I’m certainly not doing the best that I can and should, especially when you consider the resources I have available to me, the biggest two being the Holy Spirit and the Bible itself.

So, as we get ready to start a new year in Sunday school and AWANA, I’m committing myself to digging deeper into the word and seeking to apply it more and more.  I suppose what’s really made this hit home to me is I’ve been reminded in a few different ways that this life is not about me.  I’m a part of something bigger, yet why do I spend so much time playing around?

“No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.” – 2 Timothy 2:4 (NAS)

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