https://odb.org/2025/10/02/remaining-teachable
Proverbs 9:1-6, 13-18 (NIV): 1 Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars. 2 She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3 She has sent out her servants, and she calls from the highest point of the city, 4“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense, she says, 5“Come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed. 6 Leave your simple ways, and you will live; walk in the way of insight.” 13 Folly is an unruly woman; she is simple and knows nothing. 14 She sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, 15 calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way, 16“Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense, she says, 17“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!” 18 But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
Remaining teachable may be one of the most difficult things we can do. The Bible speaks of having a teachable heart that’s open to God’s wisdom. The poetry of Proverbs paints a picture of two women calling out to passersby—Wisdom and Folly (Proverbs 9:1-6; 13-18). Those who listen to Wisdom receive correction with grace. They “add to their learning” and become even wiser (v. 9). They habitually “walk in the way of insight” (v. 6) and seat themselves at Wisdom’s table for instruction. Their obedience leads to a full life (v. 11). In contrast, those who listen to Folly hate being corrected or criticized. (Karen Pimpo – ODB 2 Oct 2025).
The genius of Proverbs as a book of the bible is that it always points us to choose wisdom over everything else, including riches, because this is what its writer, King Solomon, chose when given the choice by the LORD. But the real “wisdom” in choosing wisdom is that it is actually choosing God over everything else. That is also the backbone and underlying message of Ecclesiastes, another book written by Solomon, considered the wisest human ever lived. Jesus taught the same thing as recorded in Matthew 6:33 – “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.”
In living our Christian lives, it is imperative that we remain teachable, especially from God. Being teachable ensures that we continue to learn as we develop our careers with new technical and soft skills to encourage, support, and influence others. In the spiritual realm, it ensures that we remain on the narrow path that leads to eternal life and, in parallel, fulfilling our full potential in the Kingdom of God. When we are teachable, we will fulfil God’s plans and purposes for our lives as we mend our ways to conform to his moulding of us and develop a Christlike character. Even as we do not conform to the pattern of this world and are transformed by the renewing of our minds to discover (test and approve) the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Choose wisdom above all things, and that also means being teachable. In choosing wisdom, we will choose God above everything else. Commit our dreams and ambitions unto Him that He will sanctify the desires our hearts and align our dreams and ambitions with His plans and purposes for our lives that we may always live in the centre of His will!
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