Sharnita Gates explores Proverbs 9:9, arguing that staying open to instruction makes both the wise and righteous wiser. She uses a classroom rule, "Acts 3 before meet," as a model for spiritual learning, and recommends assessments like StrengthsFinder 2.0 to discover your gifts and live more purposefully.
Blessings everyone and welcome to day 31 of this Lent devotional. We have been multiplying in numerous areas and today we're going to be multiplying your response to instruction. As we know, yesterday, day 30, was multiplying your reliance on God, but now we want to multiply in the response to Instructions, what God is truly saying. So the word comes from Proverbs 9, verse 9: Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still. Teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. If you have heard Pastor Daniels say it once, you have heard him say it a thousand times: never leave the posture of a student. Students are constantly learning so that they can put that learning to good use. In this scripture, Solomon points out that both the wise, a person who shows good judgment, and the righteous, a person whose conduct is morally right, increase or multiply through instruction. The wise will get wiser, and the righteous will add to their learning. Therefore, it is in our best interest to pay attention to instruction because we will either be wiser or smarter. Either way, you win. In the beginning of the school year, one of the first rules that my students and I agree on is Acts 3 before meet. The goal of this rule is to keep and help students become independent learners who own their learning process. A side benefit of this rule is that the students Students learn to work together and help each other. The goal for every teacher is that their students become independent learners who have skills that can help them to successfully navigate challenging, uh, tasks. Now, what does all this have to do with multiplying? Well, I'm glad you asked. If you are in the posture of a student, you will be open to learning. Learning will bring increase. increase in whatever area you have been a student. To assist you with this, there are assignments or assessments that you can take to draw you closer to your spiritual and personal gifts. Example: Shape Assessment, StrengthsFinder 2.0, etc. Once you have taken an assessment, then you can use the results to multiply your productivity and live on purpose. Knowing your gifts is one part of a lifelong pursuit to get better. When you get better, you multiply better in all areas of your life. Keep learning, keep growing, keep multiplying. Lord, I thank you for the Bible because it is basic instructions before leaving earth. It is the blueprint for how my life can benefit. from following your instructions. I pray that I will be a student after your own heart and that all I strive to become is whatever you have purposed in my life. I thank you for the gifts and anointing to live my life for your glory. In Jesus' name, amen. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen. I'm just going to sit in that for a moment because the Bible— understanding, just being a student to the basic instructions to the Bible God left for us. So when we talk about multiplying in instruction Just basically sitting with the— learning and listening and shaping our minds to have that blueprint in the— in our minds and understanding his instructions. So I'm just gonna really enjoy this Lent devotional today, as it was very powerful. So I'm going to end this off as blessings. Keep learning, keep growing, and keep multiplying.
