Title

God’s Teachers

Scripture
Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said...
(Numbers 22:28)
Devotional
During summer break from college, my brother worked for a local construction company. At the end of his first day, the foreman asked him to clean the dried concrete from some galvanized buckets. He was busy chipping away with a mason’s tool when a fellow named Soddo approached. Soddo, who was a mentally retarded Italian immigrant, said to my brother, “I show you how clean bucket.” My brother in his youthful arrogance thought, “Sure, I’m an engineering student, and a mentally retarded laborer is going to teach me how to clean a bucket.” Nevertheless, he smugly handed it to him. Soddo took the bucket, slammed it against a wall causing all of the dried concrete to instantly fall out. He then, with a smile, handed the bucket back and walked away, leaving Jimmy standing wide-mouthed with bucket in hand.
The moral of the story - God can use anybody or anything to teach His children. All we need is an ear to hear. Just remember Balaam’s donkey.
Text For The Day
Numbers 22:28: Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said…
Thought For The Day
“Pay attention, God might be speaking.” Pastor James Foglio, Senior pastor of Weirton Covenant Church, Weirton, West Virginia.
 
Questions To Ponder
Morning Study Guide
Defining:  When we think of teachers in America, we think of those who teach our children in public schools—God bless them. However, there was a time in America that the title of teacher was ascribed mainly to those who taught the Word of God. “2: One who instructs others in religion; a preacher; a minister of the gospel,” Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language.
 
Referencing: “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God,” Hebrews 5:12.
 
Applying: To be a good teacher, you must first and continually be a good student. Therefore, get under good teaching and become a teacher to those God has placed in your care.