Hope for Healing, Faith for Living Podcast

In our last episode, we talked about the words of Jesus when he said, ““Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” Matthew 5:8

Today I want to share with you about being humble before God and being teachable.

Summary:

Psalm 119:34 Amplified Bible

“Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law;

And observe it with all my heart.”

Being teachable is about being humble before God. It’s about yielding to truth instead of hanging out to our current beliefs. If what the Scripture says contradicts what we have always held onto as our belief in the past, then we need to yield to the Word of God and take hold of it’s truth.

2 Corinthians 10:5 English Standard Version

“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ.”

Sometimes pride will keep us from being teachable, thinking we already know everything. We don’t! We can learn from anyone who is sharing the Word because it’s not so much about the messenger, it is about the message.

In Matthew 13 Jesus talks about the parable of the seed and the sower.  

Let’s look at that and then the explanation Jesus gives for what the parable means.

Matthew 13

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 2 And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. 3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. 5 Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, 6 but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away. 7 Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. 8 Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 9 He who has ears,[a] let him hear.”

The Explanation

18 “Hear then the parable of the sower: 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path. 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.[b] 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.”

Jesus is talking about the condition of a person’s heart.

Is the heart hardened lake a path?

Is the heart like rocky ground ?

Is the heart full of cares for the things of this world which acts like thorns choking out the Word.

Is the heart like good soil, hearing the Word, accepting and understanding it, allowing the Word to grow deep roots in our hearts and bearing fruit?

This is what a teachable heart is. It’s a humble heart. It’s a pure heart. It’s this condition of the heart that we need to grow and experience God.

If went want to grow and experience God, we need to yield to Him, to his Word, and let him prepare our hearts to receive His Word.

Blessings in Christ,
Tim Dumas
Hope For Healing, Faith for Living