THE SCHOOL OF CHRIST
In the School of Christ, we are the students, and He is the Master Teacher. To be His disciple is to sit at His feet and learn. He says, “Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:28–30).
The invitation is not to labor for Him, but first to learn of Him. Many rush into service before sitting in silence. Yet the soul must be taught before it can be trusted with the weight of ministry. A yoke is not a shackle but a shared burden. To be yoked with Christ is to walk beside Him, learning His pace, His patience, His peace.
No man ever taught as He taught. When He opened His mouth, eternity spoke through human lips. His words pierced the conscience like lightning through a cloud. The crowds marveled because He spoke with authority—not the borrowed authority of men but the voice of heaven. That authority was His by divine right. The Father gave it to Him. And through His perfect life, His sacrificial death, and His triumphant resurrection, that authority shines with eternal glory (Matthew 28:18).
The School of Christ has no graduation, no final bell. We learn until we see His face. Every trial becomes a classroom, every disappointment a lesson, every blessing a test of gratitude. He teaches us by truth and by tears. Sometimes His chalk is suffering, and the board upon which He writes is our own heart. But when the lesson is complete, the soul glows with a deeper love for the Teacher.
Paul understood this when he said, “That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death” (Philippians 3:10). To know Christ is to know life at its fullest and love at its deepest. Even after visions and miracles, Paul’s longing cry was still this: That I may know Him.
Father, I want to know you. You are the longing of my soul. Thank you for hearing me when I pray and help me to be molded into the image of Jesus. May I never graduate from the school of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Help me to learn and follow every day as His faithful disciple. In Jesus name, amen.
Bryan Dewayne Dunaway
