Galatians 3:24 - "Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith."
How teachable are we? Do we allow God's law to bring us to a place of understanding and surrender regarding our inability to save ourselves? The law will produce various responses. Three relevant to this verse are as follows: (1) We are doing pretty good compared to most people, (2) We just need to try harder and do better, and (3) There is no way I can fulfill what God wants ... Lord, help me!
Of course, the most sensible response is number three. To the point where pride is alive in our old sin nature is the degree where we will deny we need God's help. As the Lord stated through Jeremiah, "they have turned their backs to me instead of their faces" (Jeremiah 32:33).
Beloved, the only way we can receive a proper education from God is to allow His "tutor" to instruct us. The gaze of the soul toward the face of God can only happen when we are surrendered to His direction.
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