On the days I have to substitute teach I don't usually get a chance to blog until late in the day.  This can be beneficial because I am given additional opportunities to glean a lesson worthy of sharing on my blog.  Today was no exception.  I was assigned to sub in an area of the high school called "Learning Support."  This department offers exactly that...academic support for the learning skills of students.  As I "chewed" on that term this morning, I realized we all require learning support in the Christian life.

Often when we open God's Word to read its contents we are befuddled as to its meaning.  What is it God would have us learn from this particular passage and how do we apply it to our daily lives?  Immediately my mind went to the story of the Ethiopian eunuch who was reading the book of Isaiah and couldn't understand its contents. 

The 8th Chapter of Acts explains that God sent Philip, a newly ordained evangelist, to aid the eunuch in his quest for interpretation of the scriptures.  The outcome of the encounter?  The eunuch became a Christian and was baptized on the side of the road in an available body of water.  All the Ethopian needed to do was ask...simple, right?
Seemingly so, however, the Ethopian eunuch also desired to know the scripture.  The students we assist at school need to desire to learn the skills necessary to improve their academic knowledge.  Part of asking is desiring to know the answer and following the information you receive.

Scripture plainly explains, "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened."  Matthew 7:7-8  The answer may come in the form of an actual conversation with another Christian, a sermon, a song, or perhaps an enlightenment of scripture while praying and meditating on God's Word.  God desires for us to know Him.  What better way to gain "learning support" than from the Master Himself!  What is your desire?