Weaving A Web Of Wisdom
We are told that we must learn line upon line. I usually imagine this as like the lines in a book, one after the other. But I thought of a different metaphor that may be useful. I thought of a spider web and how the next line in the spider web may be going off in a completely different direction and it may be some time before they circle back around and work on lines close to that first line. What I'm trying to convey is that our natural inclination when we think about learning line upon line is that once we've learned, say, Tithing 101, is to immediately advance to Tithing 201, but really, we may need to learn Dealing with Adversity 101, and Treating Others with Kindness 101 before we can circle back around to Tithing. Learning line upon line may be a little more like the spider's web where we have to go off in different directions for the structural integrity of the web. Besides, this is how our brain works anyway. The concept of tree may be connected to leaf and apple and squirrel and wood and a dozen other things, and the more connections an object in our brain has, the easier it is to remember. If we come to the Lord in all humility and honestly and earnestly seek for the next line, and have the humility to follow His promptings even if they lead us off in a direction that we did not expect and perhaps do not desire, then I know that we will gain knowledge and experience and wisdom far quicker than if we insist on banging our head against the wall and trying to jump to the line that we think we should learn next even if we have not been properly prepared.