What a wonderful thing to have a teacher sent from heaven. "If any man
lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" (James i. 5).
"If any lack wisdom": I am afraid there are a great many of us who
lack wisdom, and even the best of us at times will be in perplexity.
There are moments in the life of us all when we seem in a fix; we just
stand still, and say, "What shall I do? I don't know what is the best
way." Oh, leave it with God, He will Himself be our teacher!
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and _learn of me_." Here is a
wonderful teacher. He has had a school for many thousand years; He has
had the best men in His school; but still there's room for another
scholar there. His college is not too full yet, and the teacher is the
One sent from heaven. Any one, every one in this assembly may join
this school. Jesus will welcome you there. Are you in doubt about
anything? ask Jesus; He will tell you.
Anxious sinner, seek the good teacher, as Nicodemus did: "Master, we
know thou art a teacher sent from God." If you seek Him thus He will
direct you. He will keep you, and lead you into green pastures and by
the still waters. I met a woman the other day who was full of infidel
doubts and fancies. She could not believe. Reading for some time
infidel works had thrown a dark and gloomy pall over her mind. It made
me sad to see her in such a case. Some of you may be like her. I wish
you would take Christ as your teacher, and then all darkness would
flee away.
Christ is able to teach us. See how He taught the disciples. He never
wearied of their learning from Him. So He will teach us if we will
only listen to Him.