Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 6:40 (New Living Translation)

Students are not greater than their teacher. But the student who is fully trained will become like the teacher.

I love to teach. I think I am pretty good at it—at least a few persons have told me so.

Have I ever “fully trained” a student? Have I ever trained a student enough so that they will be a teacher? Have I ever put my ego and pride aside so that someone else will replace me and be the teacher?

Oh, I don’t like that last question very much. Who said that verse? Oh, Jesus. Oh.

Multiply teachers. Multiply writers. Admit that time here is just time here and it will pass. Someone else will be here after me (the Lord willing). They will probably be a better follower of Christ than I was. They will probably be a better teacher of the Gospel that I was. They will probably fully train students to become teachers that I did.

Those are all items of good news. Now, can I push myself aside to accept them as good?