TEACHER OF THE BIBLE
WEEK ONE TITUS PROJECT
Just moments before my first official practice teaching, I thank God that he has given me this peace in knowing that the old me has passed away and that I am a new creation in Christ. My daily devotional from Colossians 3:12-13 reminded me to put on my new self, a teacher of the bible.
Never in a million years would I ever imagine myself to be where I am today. Only when one is following a man named Jesus, can your life blossom into the way you have always dreamed of. I've always had this desire and dream to become a teacher. I remember in 3rd grade, in Mrs. Lee's class, when I would listen to her teach in front next to the chalkboard. I had this eager thought, "Wow, being a teacher would be so cool." This desire God had placed in my heart early on was only the beginning. Growing up with little to no confidence in myself, I put a hold on that dream when my father told me a teacher’s would not suffice a proper lifestyle. In a juvenile desperation to seek my father's approval, I hid the desire to teach in my first year at Santa Monica College.
About less than a year ago, while I was attending a Bible school in Taiwan, the School of Biblical Studies (SBS) with an organization called Youth With a Mission (YWAM), God awakened that dream deeply buried of becoming a teacher. This time it was from a place of need and urgency for the church to be equipped with the word of God. While reading the New Testament, the one message that really stood out to me in Paul's letters to the churches, was the warning against false teachers. While studying the book of 2 Peter, God gave me this revelation that false teachings stunt the growth of believers! False teachings are an attack on expanding the kingdom of God. It is our responsibility as disciples of Christ to be rooted and grounded in God's truth through His word. This got me thinking, and as I was processing with the Lord, I asked the Lord, "Who would need to thoroughly study the word of God?" Sure enough, God responds with, "A teacher."
I could see what was happening, and sense what God was doing in my heart. At that moment he showed me that by teaching the word, it would require me to be rigorously grounded in the truth.
Wenshan, Taiwan
Photo Credit: Jessica Waltman
Today marks another significant day, I'm officially a teacher of the Bible! The dusty desires of my heart have been resurrected. Only by the grace of God and through His plan of redemption and restoration.
The resurrected king is resurrecting me.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
2 Peter 3:17-18
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GROW IN CHRIST
3/9/2018