Teaching God’s Way!
Image Bearers of God, Fallen Teachers but Redeemed!
A gloomy day
befell James swimming in a flood of pains because strokes had rained on his
skinny shape. The Math instructor exclaimed that James’ understanding is a
distance away. "He is such a naïve and dense chap," were words gushing out of the
red eyed oppressor. Would you expect learners like James conditioned as if an
animal and programmed like a machine to perform in a way God wants? Unless born
again school teachers understand that we are made in God’s image they will not value
learners as highly as God does.
God created us
in his own image and likeness, (Genesis 1:26, 5:1). He endowed in us his nature
and character that we might live accordingly. He is the authority and the only
truth upon which all life should appeal. This refutes the unwarranted fabrications
of the evolutionists who hold that man has evolved and formed out of random
occurrences. These debase views are a yardstick upon which teaching theories
and practices are formulated that have influenced education. Man is not an
authority at all only God who created us spiritual, rational, moral and
immortal beings. He gave us part of His authority to be part of this creative
process in our schools, (Genesis 9:6, Colossians 3:10, Ephesians 4:24).
Whenever a child is abused is almost killed. That should influence teachers’
words and actions after God’s pattern. Most instructional strategies present
learners as mere receptors not creative beings. That devalues their potentials
and abilities. They need to grow into initiative persons in society not mere
job seekers. To achieve creativity, learning is to be provided in a tender yet
responsible situation as God does to all of us.
Nevertheless,
man disobeyed God, (Genesis 3:1-8, 6: 5). We all fell from God’s righteousness,
knowledge and holiness though still called image bearers rational, moral, with
certain amount of responsibility from God, (Genesis 9:6, I Corinthians 15:49).
No one can ever say I was not there. We all missed the glory of God in Adam as
our representative head. We are all with Adam if we are to be with Jesus
Christ, (Romans 3:20-22). The root of ill treatments in schools does not
primarily lounge in individual passions and impulses but the Bibles stresses
Adam’s original sin against God. Man seeks in vain solutions to teaching
problems outside God. That puts teacher-learner relationship into a foggy day. We
abuse learners day in out. If we call learners stupid so are we because of our
sin in Adam, (Romans 5:12). The learner is not dense parse but we have failed
to identity where the learner’s abilities are to help him grow in that line.
Teachers will not act a mileage away from what they were taught but you are
supposed to be coworkers with God. We must return to God. Our innovations are
in toto ruin without God shading His light in our lives. That is the condition
of all of us who have not found the savior Jesus Christ whom God has given to
redeem us. There is no excuse one is either on the right or wrong side no
neutral ground not any! (Romans 5:8, John 3:3, Matthew 10:32-33).
Regardless of
our rebellion, God provided His Son to die and redeem us, (John 3:16-18,
Ephesians 1:7, 3:11, I Peter 1:2). Those who believe are rescued from their
frailty through Jesus Christ. We all stand the same ground to beg God’s mercy
through Jesus Christ who died in our place that we are bought back to God from
the Devil’s auction. Teachers inhale lies of trying to be bosses not humbling
ourselves before Jesus Christ. Be careful good teaching is a product of good
learning. Jesus is the greatest teacher the world has ever had, (Matthew
5:1ff). Our problem is not primarily sadness in life, failures in career, or
flawed school authority but disobeying God. The true source of joy, success and
cooperation is in aligning with this great teacher, John 15:15). God sent the teacher
to get us from our ignorance to newness in life and careers, (II Corinthians 5:
17, Galatians 2:20, Colossians 3:1-4, 10). The renewed teachers do not travail
as though engrossed in the old man but newness of mind and deed as our devoted
life service to Christ. That trims our lives upright in daily word and action.
We are redeeming agents God has instituted in schools where we are. We lead
learners to process information that benefits them inside out schools not to
oppress them. Yes, there is a place for the rod of discipline after scheduled
warnings and telling the child his/her mistakes, (Proverbs 13: 24, 19:18,
22:15). Do it kindhearted but with responsibility. Still creativity is all we pray
to God for our learners to mimic. Teaching is meant for learners to get
understanding of the world around us, make sense out of it and know God through
Christ Jesus until he comes back to take the church heavenward to where our
Father dwells, (John 14: 1-6, Philippians 3: 20).
It is
indisputable that we are image bearers of God though rebelled against Him;
Christ obeyed in our place to redeem us.
Far be it for born again school teachers to drill learners to perform
the way they want. Know well that learners will pass through as only worked on
tins not creative at all. Our society is yelling for job makers not oppressed
beings that will carry on the candlelight of oppression. Man has not evolved
from mutation or by accident, and his thought processes cannot be determined by
brain drilling, for he is created in God’s image to be creative and thoughtful
in turn to glorify and enjoy God forever.
Patrick Mukisa
Alumnus of African Bible
University of Uganda Kampala
Educator at Rock
Community Schools
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