Learning in Life

Learning is everything in life: learning about yourself, about others, and most importantly about God. 

Learning can come from your life experience and your education.  Many want a higher education to give them more independence and greater freedom to do what they want in life.     

With faith, your choice of college or university and your selection of subject will be based on what God has destined for you. 

Living without faith and in the flesh, many would want to go to prestigious colleges and universities just to satisfy their egos and expectations.

An Illustration

On March 12, 2019, United States federal prosecutors disclosed an ongoing conspiracy aimed at influencing some student-college-admission decisions at several prominent and prestigious American colleges and universities.

In the college admission cheating scandal, some wealthy parents paid as much as $75,000 per test to help their young adults get a better score. It was reported that at least some 50 people, including some famous Hollywood stars, allegedly had participated in the scandal. Some of them were subsequently prosecuted, convicted, and sent to prison.

Living without faith and in the flesh, many would perceive that college admission cheating as “a crime with no victim” and an act of “good intention” to help the education of children. But it was an act of deceit and dishonesty.

Another Illustration

In 2012, a Chinese couple from Hong Kong filed a lawsuit against an education consultant in the United States for $2 million dollars, who promised that he could—but ultimately did not—get their two sons into Harvard University. The couple had used “improper” but maybe still perfectly “legal” means to get their two sons into Harvard University. They showed neither regret nor remorse, except their pride in having the means to get their two sons into Harvard University.

A Positive Illustration

A pastor from Hong Kong was invited to give a sermon in China. A woman from the congregation asked the pastor if it was “right” to give money to get her son into an elite school in China. The pastor replied by saying: “Your son getting into that elite school would also imply depriving another child of that same opportunity you’re seeking for your child.” 

A year later, the pastor met the same woman, who told him that her son had got into that elite school but without using her kwganxi or “connection.” The pastor then said to her: “See, God is in control; if you would just let Him.”

The bottom line: With faith, you’ll do the right and the righteous things to get what God has prepared for your education, whether it’s from a community college or a prestigious university. With faith, you can learn skills from your advanced education to hone relationships with others to build their social conscience to glorify God. Remember: God is the source of all knowledge and truths, and His image is always present in all the fellow humans you’re associated with for you to act accordingly to glorify Him.

Living by faith: Seeking a higher education has everything to do with your desires to learn about yourself, others, and the world around. It has little to do with your perceived destiny, which God has already created for you. God calls for your trust and obedience.

Stephen Lau

Living By Faith Is Living In Miracles

 

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