Learning for the journey.
This week I had to get a COVID-19 test. As I turned up at the test centre, I had some expectations of what to expect, I had seen my daughter have one in the hospital (administered by a nurse) so was aware it was not going to be a pleasant experience. However, imagine my shock when I discovered I was going to be taught how to administer the test to myself! I would be learning how to administer a COVID-19 test! Thankfully, I managed, and the test came back negative.
This experience got me thinking. What skills, both new and old am I going to need to learn or improve to help me succeed in my goals for next year (for more on why I am setting goals see lasts week’s post).
Proverbs 15:14 says: The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
I know that if I am going to play my part in achieving the goals that I believe God will help set I need to improve in areas of my life. After all the above scripture tells us to seek knowledge.
I needed to learn to drive, I needed to learn how to preach, and I needed to grow in my leadership skills this list could go on and on and by no means am I the finished article. To improve I need to seek out knowledge.
I have been blessed to find someone to mentor me in church leadership and another person to coach me in preaching but in other areas, I have taken a more haphazard approach, in some cases, I have lacked discipline.
The good thing is I am aware and going forward I am committed to prayerfully taking a more structured approach to learning for the journey.
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Adam Boud
