The Holy Spirit—He will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. John 14:26 NLT

During a graduation ceremony I heard a student cry out, “I’m free!”  To the student, graduation meant no more classes, no more lessons to study and learn, no more listening to teachers, no more rules, and no more restrictions upon his day. It is easy to lose sight of the importance of our education and how it can be used in our lives to mature us, help us develop relationships with others, and prepare us for the future.

The moment you gave your life to Christ He enrolled you in His school. Your teacher is the Holy Spirit and life is your classroom. He has surrounded you with lots of fellow students, but you will always have His personal and undivided attention. When Jesus enrolled you in His school He placed you there for a lifetime. Heaven is your graduation. Until that day, you will always be taught by the Holy Spirit and have new lessons to learn.

Today, in your life, in your circumstances, in your relationships, in your trials, in your pain, in your persecutions, Jesus has things for you to learn. The Holy Spirit is teaching and instructing you in His ways, His working, and in His wisdom. He is teaching you about the Kingdom of God, about the heart of God, and about the plan and purposes of God for your life.

What is the Holy Spirit teaching you today?  What words of Jesus is the Holy Spirit bringing to your remembrance? What step of obedience does He want you to take? What word of faith does He want you to trust? Paul tells us that he had learned to be content in whatever state he was in—whether he had much or little. The Holy Spirit used the circumstances in Paul’s life, the times of plenty and the times of lack, to teach Paul contentment. In every situation of life, the Holy Spirit has something new to teach us. Remain teachable.

“I always say to my children that no matter how many mistakes we make or how tough it gets, as long as we have learned a lesson from it, no experience is wasted… thank God for every situation that you are in because He is teaching you lessons you will never forget.” Angus Buchan, A Farmer’s Year