It seems that the older I get the less I have to say. The older I get the more I know, that is, the more information I have in my head. I just don't know that saying it is going to do any good. It is not about what I may say to others, as much as it is about how I may be transformed by what I know. Has the knowledge I have gained really transformed my life somehow?
A disciple of Jesus Christ is one who is being transformed by Him -- by His Holy Spirit. Am I allowing the Holy Spirit of Christ to transform me? This is not something I can necessarily control. All I can do is be obedient to what I hear the Spirit say. This is where transformation takes place, not in acquiring more head knowledge. I am a teacher, it is in my nature to teach -- to attempt to give knowledge to my students. I do not want to simply impart information to them -- I want to see them transform into what God has created them to be. This does not come by saying more things to them. It comes by me, the teacher, being transformed by the Spirit and living that transformed life before them.
Of course, as a teacher, I must say things... I just find that the older I get, the more I understand things, the less I need to say and the more I need to be. Do you find this in your own life?
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