Live life to the full (2)

The New Testament Greek word for 'disciple' means 'learner'. By definition, a disciple is someone who never stops learning. He or she makes the most of the hundred billion brain cells God has given them. They keep asking and seeking and knocking (see Matthew 7:7).

Leonardo da Vinci carried a notebook wherever he went. Some have estimated he left fourteen thousand pages of notes to painter Francesco Melzi in his will. Almost seven thousand pages still exist, of which Bill Gates bought eighteen pages for $30.8 million in 1994. The scribbles on da Vinci's napkin varied from anatomy to botany to painting to philosophy. One thing that made him extraordinary is that he wrote most of them using a technique called mirror writing. He wrote in reverse so the words could be read solely when reflected in a mirror. In the final days before his death on May 2, 1519, Leonardo apologised to God and to man 'for leaving so much undone'. And he resolved to keep learning until the day he died. Even on his deathbed, Leonardo was observing and relating, in scientific detail, the nature and symptoms of his illness.

God has created us to discover, marvel at and take part in his creation. Let's take him up on this offer to live life to the full.



So what now? Never stop learning, because it glorifies God when you do. Through it, you will know him and love him even more. Keep learning like you will live forever. After all, as a redeemed child of God, you will.





— SCRIPTURE —

'God's invisible qualities... understood from what has been made.' Romans 1:20 NIV
— SOULFOOD —

Lev 13:38-14:57, Luke 21:1-7, Ps 25:1-7 , Pro 9:17-18