JOHN SHIRK – In the Year to Shine, today’s Vital Step to a Radiant Faith is to be teachable.

David was a man after God’s own heart. One of the characteristics that made him this way was his tendency to be teachable.

He humbly recognized his need for God’s wisdom to guide his life.

And so, he wrote in Psalm 25:4 and 5-Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

What we believe about God makes a difference in our willingness to be taught by the Lord. We can go His way by seeking out His will earnestly, reading His Word consistently, and acting on what we learn faithfully.

Being teachable to God’s ways is a Vital Step to a Radiant Faith that makes a difference in our world.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Faith-Building Verse is Isaiah 48:17.

This is what the LORD says-your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: ‘I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”

The life that God intends for us is to move us toward genuine freedom, complete love, and eternal life.

That is what the grace and truth of Jesus Christ is able to do for us. His commands forbidding certain actions and thoughts are not meant to ruin our fun or make us miserable. God knows how we are wired. He knows how certain behaviors and attitudes can destroy our lives, our relationships, and our freedom. Those behaviors and attitudes also grieve the heart of God and are contrary to His character.

In His wisdom and love, God has revealed His plan for our lives, and that plan is to live by faith in Jesus and love Him with all our being. That plan is life-giving and trustworthy.

This Faith-Building Verse inspires us to be teachable to the way of God in the Year of Relationship.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com