Education is one of the key factors we need succeed in life. However, educating ourselves can be costly and it takes time—something we are all short of. This summer I will be attending the Graduate School of Banking and I am really excited to enhance my knowledge of banking. These days, we need to continue our education so we can grow with our jobs and stay current with technology and new laws and regulations that apply to our industry. Today, I want to encourage you to follow your heart and get the education you always wanted. If you already have a college degree or even a master’s degree, you can learn something new in another area that you enjoy. Sometimes we have gifts we are not able to apply or use in our jobs so we need to find other opportunities to develop and use those talents.
Our talents and gifts are like precious stones that need to first be discovered and then polished until they are ready to be used. God gave each person more than one gift and we must use them for His glory during the time we have on earth. When we are aware of the gifts we have then we can start developing them and we will then experience the satisfaction of seeing our talents put to work.
Below is one of the devotionals from my book Devotions for Working Women that encourages us to acquire a life-long learning attitude. Enjoy!
Acquire a Life-long Learning Attitude
# 260
Mark 4:25 (NLT)
To those who are open to my teaching, more understanding will be given. But to those who are not listening, even what they have will be taken away from them.
Jesus encouraged His disciples to always be open to listen and continue to learn from Him because the higher their desire was to learn, the more they understood. On the contrary, people who don’t care or listen to the things of God drift away and forget even the little they know.
To be successful in the corporate world and our personal lives, we need to become life-long learners. This is true in the natural as well as in the spiritual area. We cannot grow in our spiritual journey with God if we don’t spend time learning from Him and are not open to His daily teaching to us. Jesus, through His Holy Spirit, is willing to teach us how to live our lives and be successful in every area.
Jesus said those who are open to His teachings will receive more understanding because the things of God are understood with the spirit, not with our human minds. When we open our hearts to learn about the things of God, our spiritual understanding is illuminated and we receive revelation—the moment when we “get it.”
Purpose in your heart to be open to a life-long learning attitude both professional and spiritually. This will ensure a well-balanced successful life here on earth.