Proverbs Chapter 22: Verses 17-19(NIV)
Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise;
apply your heart to what I teach,
for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
and have all of them ready on your lips.
So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I teach you today, even you.
Its great to listen to good teaching but the most important thing is to take it to our hearts, ponder it, and keep it readily available to apply it in our lives when we need to. If we don’t then it makes no difference to our lives, no matter how eloquently its put, or who we hear it from.
The things that are presented by those who seek to teach us the ways of God are meant to be applied so that we both learn and walk in the ways of God.
Dear Lord,
Thank You for all those You call to minister Your word and teach us Your ways. Help me to take it on board and apply what I am taught. I ask in Jesus’ Name. Amen.