1377. Retain the Mien of a Learner

Retain the Mien of a Learner

"And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard His Word" (Luk_19:39).

Mary sat at the feet of Christ and heard His Word. The learner is not above his teacher. In the schools of men, students may in time outclass their teachers; but not so in the school of Christ. Our place is ever and always at the Teacher's feet. Peter undertook to "answer back." He said to Christ, "This shall not be unto Thee." Christ said to Peter, "Get thee behind Me, satan."

The real Bible student recognizes his Teacher as the "High and lofty One, Who inhabiteth eternity." He never answers back, nor does he seek to "reason it out." There were those who once sought to entangle the Master in His teachings; but they were wholly confounded. Who is man that he should find fault with and reply against God?

The real Bible student demands no proofs, asks no signs, and submits no queries. He sits as a learner. He "faiths" everything he cannot sight. He accepts things not understood as readily as things discerned. Prophecy is, to him, as sure as history. The exceeding riches of the grace to be made manifest in the ages to come are quite as realistic as the marvels of grace already revealed. Just how much time one should take sitting at the Lord's feet, is a matter for concern. The Spirit writes in Jos_1:8, "This Book of the Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein."

The Spirit wrote in the Psalms: "Blessed is the man whose delight is in the Law of the Lord and in His Law doth he meditate day and night."

The Spirit says of thy father's commandments, in Pro_6:21 : "Bind them continually about thine heart, and tie them about thy neck." These words have a plain application to God's Words.

Therefore we judge that none of us are in danger of sitting too long or too continuously at the Master's feet. We are, however, in danger of becoming a Martha and allowing ourselves to become encumbered with much serving, to the exclusion of sitting at the feet of our Lord.

Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR