LISTENING TO INSTRUCTIONS

Part of listening to instructions is to learn to live without the things that falsely make us important. John, an apostle, lists the three traps of false importance. “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride in one’s possessions—is not from the Father, but is from the world.” (1 John 2:16) Jesus confronted the same three temptations in the wilderness to test what might make him falsely important. (Matthew 4:1-11)

Solomon wrote,
“Listen to instruction and be wise;
don’t ignore it.
Anyone who listens to me is happy,
watching at my doors every day,
waiting by the posts of my doorway.
For the one who finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,
but the one who misses me harms himself;
all who hate me love death.”
(Proverbs 8:33-36)

Like the old saying goes: ‘Nobody cares how much we know, they want to know how much we care.’ I add another saying: Nobody cares how important we think we are, they care how important we think they are. But perhaps the better idea is know much and care much as we are possibly able. I also think knowing more may very well help us to care more.
“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Jesus