You know, life has given us two very effective teachers. Both are top-flight instructors, but neither comes cheap. While both are effective, both require something of us. The first one requires us to pay up first while the second one requires us to pay later. We have to choose one or the other, and if we choose neither, the second will be chosen for us.
Wanna make a guess who are the teachers? They are namely, “Wisdom” and “Consequences.”
We can learn a great deal from either teacher. I should warn you, however, of the huge difference in their instructional styles. While wisdom will amaze and delight us with her lessons, Consequences will leave us breathless, and at times hurting. The truth is, Consequences is by far the tougher teacher of the two.
For one thing, Consequences’ enrollment cost and ongoing tuition are sky-high. Oh, she’ll teach us well, all right – buy by the time we learn her lessons, her instruction may have cost us years. It may have cost us our marriange, our family, our business, our job, perhaps even our life. Consequences has a huge back-end cost.
While Consequences has a back-end price, Wisdom has a front-end price. It requires discipline, obedience, consistency, and above all else, time. Then it gladly pours on you its promised tremendous riches.
Do you want to know the biggest difference between Consequences and Wisdom? Wisdom teaches you the lesson before you make the mistake. On the other hand, Consequences demands that you make the mistake first. Only then will it teach you the lesson. Wisdom puts up the fence at the top of the cliff; Consequences visits you in the hospital when you’re in traction…after they’ve scraped you up from the bottom of the cliff.
So, which teacher? The decision is yours…
Be blessed!
NB: 90% of the above post is extracted from a book I read entitled, “The Divine Mentor – Growing Your Faith as You sit at the Feet the Saviour” by by Wayne, Cordeiro. Great book.
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