As a former teacher, I recognize class management is essential to developing an environment for learning. Starting off strong, on the right foot and sending a message to students that you won’t tolerate attitude is crucial to maximizing the beginning of a new school year. However, like a curious child exploring boundaries, if you display weak classroom management skills, students will wear you down until you break, change or fold like a deck of cards.
In Revelation 2:20, it appears that the church of Thyatira began to tolerate the spirit of Jezebel. When a church allows false teaching to go unnoticed, it becomes like a bacteria, slowly eating away the truth of God’s Word. By overlooking this distraction, this one woman became a cancer in the church, deceiving many by her ungodly practices. Therefore, if you tolerate one unwholesome thing in your life, a trail of deception can lead you down the wrong path, Matthew 7:13.
While trying to place my finger on what I am doing wrong to not locate a find time position, I discovered I have been tolerating mediocrity in my family, prayer life and study of God’s Word. According to Psalm 24:4-5, until I rid my life of mediocrity, I will continue to miss out on God’s blessings. Follow in the ways of Deuteronomy 30:16 and refuse to tolerate unwholesome things so that you will begin to see the fruits of your daily labor.
by Jay Mankus
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