Proverbs 27:17

As I continue in this world of church work, it seems that there is always lessons to learn. Something that has been on my mind for a while, is the idea of being a continual learner. As I continue to plant myself here in NWI, I continue to feel the need to continue learning. Maybe it is the fact that I am being led by Greg Lee who seems to be learning more and more each day he is around. I also think it is this inner want or inner need of learning as much as I can about ministry and how to be successful. Is that bad that I want to learn so I can be successful? Maybe it is more of a want or need to extend the Kingdom of God as much as I possibly can.

I dont know about you, but it seems like this idea of continual learning is one that I need to remind myself of all the time. You hear good things about what you are doing, or you get complimented and all of a sudden your head gets big, and your ego begins to explode and you end up losing ground rather than gaining. Continual learning is something that I have been reminded of by many people, not because I am an arrogant person or someone who thinks I know everything, but because it is very easy to fall into the assumption that now I am out of college, I dont have to learn anything, I dont have to read or gain wisdom or stay up to date with what is going on in the world, because I am out of school.

Something that I have learned, is that when you are in school, you are paying to learn, you chose to do learn, but you almost feel obligated to learn since you are paying for it. The real learning comes when you are out of college and you chose to learn by yourself or from other people.

Proverbs as a whole, talks about being wise and gaining knowledge. Proverbs 27:17 directs at you the person reading it. I think Solomon is telling us that no matter who you are with, talking to, or working with, you have the ability to learn from someone else and they have the ability to learn from you.

Who are those people that you learn from?