Monday, December
12, 2022
SHOW AND TELL
Ps 16:11
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand
there are pleasures for evermore.
Matt 4:19-20
19 And he saith
unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they
straightway left their nets, and followed him.
The original word for “shew” in
Psalm 16 is yada’ which has various meanings
including “to make me know.” When Jesus
said that he would “make you” fishers of men he used the word poieo which also has a variety of meanings, but the general idea is to re-fashion
one thing into something else.
Unless a teacher has an
extraordinary command of language, didactic teaching alone will not transform
ignorance into intelligence or change ineptitude into skill.
Learning requires a place where
theory can be practiced and perfected. Jesus knew that becoming a fisher of men
would require following. The word “follow” required two Greek words. One meant come and the other follow. Teaching
requires an investment. A significant part of the teacher is lost to the
student. Similarly, learning requires the abandonment of other activities so
that the learner may focus on the lessons to be learned. The best learning is
done through doing as well as thinking.
Adam Clarke gives clarity to
Job 42:5. “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye
seeth thee. [I have heard of thee] I have now such a discovery of thee as I
have never had before. I have only heard of thee by tradition, or from
imperfect information; now the eye of my mind clearly perceives thee; and in
seeing thee, I see myself; for the light that discovers thy glory and
excellence, discovers my meanness and vileness.”
(from Adam
Clarke's Commentary, Electronic Database. Copyright © 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006 by
Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
Dear Lord, in my teaching let me lose something of myself and in my
learning may I truly change. AMEN
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