Are you looking for advice? Are you seeking insights for living your life to the full? How are you going about getting the advice you are seeking? Is it from self-help books? Are you reading professional journals? Do you have a mentor or someone you specifically seek for advice?
We can all continue to learn and continue to improve our lives. Many professions provide mentors for people new to them. Some companies provide a sponsor for the first thirty days to help someone learn the business culture. We can attend conferences to learn new techniques.
Our Christian walk is no different than our professional walk. We can all continue to learn. In fact, scholars continue to uncover new understandings of God’s Word. How so? Archeology provides insights into the culture and meaning of words and phrases from the time Scripture was written. Extra biblical writings provide deeper understanding of the meaning of specific words. Why is it important? Language changes over time and meanings are lost.
Jesus’ early disciples followed Him to gain understanding. Just as it is for us two-thousand years after Jesus walked this earth, so it was for them. The Israelites had not been given any prophecy for four-hundred years. Some prophecies were a thousand years old. The disciples sought out Jesus to gain a better understanding of God’s Word. They saw in Him authority and wisdom.
We, too, can go to Jesus to better understand God’s Word. We can go to Him to gain insight into how we should live our life to the full. Though Jesus does not give us advice regarding which job we should accept or house to buy, He does tell us how we are to view life. He instructs us to love, show grace, show mercy, forgive, serve, and care for one another. Living by Jesus’ guidance helps us live an abundant life.
I pray we all go to Jesus for life advice. I pray we seek to better understand God’s Word. I pray each one of us lives the abundant life as we follow the teachings of Jesus. Seek an abundant life. Follow Jesus’ guidance. Seek to understand God’s Word. Love and care for one another.
Matthew 5:1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.
Marty Pressey 