Recently my wife and I signed up for a one-day course to improve our motorcycle skills.
One of the riders we met at the BikeSafe class was a young man who rode in on a Ducati.
He was wearing a well worn leather jacket with padding. Underneath was a padded vest, and he wore a special neck brace with his full-face helmet. When speaking to him I found out he was a former stunt rider. He shared a few photos on his phone, in one of them he was doing a wheelie with no hands.
I sat there thinking, why would he need this class? You would think that if anyone had a complete skill set it would be a stunt rider!
His answer stayed with me.
"You can always learn something new, you never stop learning. I would never want to get to the place where I think I know it all."
What an amazing attitude to have!
Reading Matthew 18.
"At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 18:1-4 (NIV)
A child is capable of learning two languages at once without the need of writing anything down or studying. They are in constant learning mode and have no problem looking foolish, making mistakes, or getting the answer wrong.
A child is a learner, they are not set in their ways. To be a learner takes the humility of a child. It never occurs to them that they should think they know it all. That comes later, when they are teenagers!
In our walk with the Lord, are we teenagers or children?
Let's begin this week with a prayer from Psalm 119
"Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees,
that I may follow it to the end.
Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law
and obey it with all my heart.
Direct me in the path of your commands,
for there I find delight.
Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
preserve my life according to your word." - Psalm 119:33-37 (NIV)
