Spiritual Parents, Not Guardians

As teachers, we have students put into our "spiritual care," as the devotional puts it. Of course, we know that this isn't something we should take lightly. But how often do we actually care for them like parents instead of just watching them like guardians? As Paul did for the Corinthians, we need to urge our students to follow us, imitate us. But before we can do that, we need to show them a Christ-like life that they can imitate. And for us to be able to do that, we need to look to Christ (duh).

The title of today's QT is "Becoming an Effective Minister." Having an effect starts not with eloquent speech or man's skills. It begins with Christ. That's it. If we earnestly follow Christ, He will make that impact for us. When we urge our students towards Christ, they need to see why, and they should see why through our life. Our life needs to be able to speak for itself--we should ooze with the goodness of Christ. Let's ooze this week :)