Are You Teachable?       

Read: Psalm 25:1-11 NLT – Psalm 25 – A psalm of David. O LORD, I – Bible Gateway

“He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way.” Psalm 25:9 NLT

Are you willing to learn what you haven’t known before? Do you have a desire to experience something new? Is your attitude promising towards gaining knowledge? In other words, are you teachable? For the older folks, the phrase ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks’ is not true.’ For you younger people, the phrase ‘I know all I need to know’ is not true either. Nobody knows everything, and we are never too old to learn, especially in the things of God.

The common denominator in being teachable for all ages is, ‘are we humble?’ Are we humble enough to admit we are without the resources to teach us all we need to know about living the Christian life? King David knew he needed the Lord to teach  and lead him. He put his trust in God. David acknowledges the sins of his youth asking the Lord to not remember them, but to remember him in His unfailing love and mercy.

David understood he needed a humble attitude before the Lord if he wanted to be taught by Him and learn from Him. He expresses this in verses 9 and 10 in our text, not only for himself but for us today. David writes, “He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way. The LORD leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demands.” (Ps.25:9-10 nlt)

Christians are to be teachable. Christians should desire to be taught by our Lord. Christians need to be walking humbly with God with an aggressive attitude to learn all we are being taught. So again, are you teachable? If not, humble yourself before God and learn from the Great Professor.