All educators must learn this. So must politicians, surgeons, parents, lovers, musicians, law enforcement officials, and students.
The thing we share, and all must master, is faithfulness.
To be faithful is to maintain your commitment to something or someone, whatever the circumstances or feelings you experience.
An educator has to be faithful to the people they teach, not filling their minds with useless knowledge, but guiding them into hard work and achievement.
A politician has to be faithful to their constituency's needs and desires and accurately meet them.
Surgeons and parents have similar jobs, as they remove the bad and strengthen the good. To make their work count, they have to follow through once they begin.
Lovers must learn to be faithful to each other to see their relationship grow, and musicians must practice their instrument in order to increase their ability with it.
Policemen and women have to uphold the law the same every time, no matter how painful.
Students (such as myself) have to consistently work at their studies to pass classes and graduate.
Despite the overwhelming need for faithfulness in our world, I have to admit that I am not very good at it. I am inconsistent; I avoid challenges; I don't do things when "I don't feel like it."
But the last few weeks God has challenged me to remain faithful to Him and to the ministry to which He has called me. I have made a commitment. Now all that remains to be seen is, will I be faithful to it?
The thing we share, and all must master, is faithfulness.
To be faithful is to maintain your commitment to something or someone, whatever the circumstances or feelings you experience.
An educator has to be faithful to the people they teach, not filling their minds with useless knowledge, but guiding them into hard work and achievement.
A politician has to be faithful to their constituency's needs and desires and accurately meet them.
Surgeons and parents have similar jobs, as they remove the bad and strengthen the good. To make their work count, they have to follow through once they begin.
Lovers must learn to be faithful to each other to see their relationship grow, and musicians must practice their instrument in order to increase their ability with it.
Policemen and women have to uphold the law the same every time, no matter how painful.
Students (such as myself) have to consistently work at their studies to pass classes and graduate.
Despite the overwhelming need for faithfulness in our world, I have to admit that I am not very good at it. I am inconsistent; I avoid challenges; I don't do things when "I don't feel like it."
But the last few weeks God has challenged me to remain faithful to Him and to the ministry to which He has called me. I have made a commitment. Now all that remains to be seen is, will I be faithful to it?
