Pressing On

It's common for teachers to get discouraged, bogged down, and stalled. That's one reason why you need to be systematically in the Word and prayer, and organize a prayer team for your teaching ministry.

Teaching is hard work. Relish in this, rather than moan or brag about it. It's the calling you have received. It requires persistence to press on, even when obstacles come up.

Consider the friends of the paralytic in Mark 2:1-5.

" A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus and, after digging through it, lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

They had faith that Jesus would heal the man. (v 5) But they were not deterred by a unmoving crowd! They pressed on and found another way to connect the power of the Jesus with the person who needed it. That's what you do as a Bible teacher.