The Lord's Schoolhouse

Watercolor by Cami Monet Webb
From The Schoolhouse
by Jill Glassco

"No discipline [testing] seems enjoyable at the time, but painful! Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it. Therefore strengthen your tired hands and weakened knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed instead." 

(Heb. 12:11-13)

 “What’s
                  God
                            teaching
                                              you
                                                        these
                                                                        days?” 

          Every triumph we experience, as well as every heartache, can be a schoolhouse – a place to learn, change, and grow.

            “Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher. Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,”whenever you turn to the right or to the left” (Isaiah 30:20-21 NASB).

            In delays, God offers a lesson on waiting on Him. In disappointments, God offers a lesson in trusting Him. In achievement, God offers a lesson in humility. In pain, God offers a lesson on eternal perspectives.

            What's your schoolhouse today? Don’t be late for class and pay close attention to Jesus, your Teacher!

           

            "I'm certain that I learned more lessons during these months than my students. My eyes beheld my Teacher and my ears heard His voice behind me say, “This is the way, walk in it.” God taught me that He truly is sufficient for all circumstances and trained me to face my fears with courage and fortitude."¹

¹ Jill Watson Glassco. The Schoolhouse (Peoria, AR: LifeHouse Publishing, 2012), 43.

(The Schoolhouse is available online at Amazon.com)