Generally, people tend to reflect their training. Here are three instances to buttress this. Years ago, I went in company of someone to the dentist’s office in Duola, Cameroon. After he was done with his client, I asked the doctor to examine me. He said to me right away that I didn’t have a problem. When I probed how he could tell without any formal examination, he replied, “I have a dentist’s eyes. Once I see someone open their mouth from a distance, I could tell if there was a problem”. One day as we pulled away from the house, the security detail with me in the car saw a young man in the distance and remarked, “that boy is smoking Indian hemp”. I had no clue of what the boy was doing, but he could easily detect it. Finally, I turned in a cheque for clearing sometime last year. The cashier returned it to me because the name was misspelt. I had the cheque with me a long time, but I never saw the error.

Note that God expects us to mature to a point where our thoughts and ways will begin to approximate His. That is the essence of training in godliness.

All the three persons mentioned knew what an untrained person would never know. Bringing that into context, all who profess faith in God ought to reflect Christ. We are to see through the view lens of Christ and operate with His mindset. Samuel was charged that God does not see as man sees. That is more like God’s word to Isaiah that His thoughts and ways are higher than those of men. Note that God expects us to mature to a point where our thoughts and ways will begin to approximate His. That is the essence of training in godliness. Our text says that the disciple who is properly trained will be like his teacher. We need to revisit discipleship lessons so we can be like the Master.