Many professions require routine training in order to keep up with the latest technology and techniques or just maintain important skills. Doctors and Nurses, teachers, programmers, pilots, and many others have regular requirements for training and testing. Some jobs require regular training and testing just to be eligible to keep working.

In a similar way, it is important for us to continue our study of God’s teaching in the bible to reinforce the knowledge, learn more, and give God the opportunity to connect with us through his word. Obviously we will not lose our license to be a Christian if we do not keep studying, but Hebrews 2:1 says, “So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.”

The important message for us is that regular reading and listening to the “truth,” the good news of Salvation.

Dear Lord, Thank you for giving us the truth in your word, the Bible. Help us read and listen carefully so that we do not drift away. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.