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Apprenticeship requires Humility

Growing up we saw apprentices do all manner of things for their bosses. I personally have seen an apprentice who did almost everything for her master; she cleaned her home, washed her children's clothes, cooked, went to the market and ran all manner of errands.

Does that still happen today? Not really. I must admit that the case I portrayed is a little extreme but it showed the level of humility of the apprentice.

Today people want to learn the work, make money but do not want to pour water on their bosses hands. I also have been guilty of this at times.

Somebody goes on IT and squeezes the face when it is lunch time because he/she has to buy food for the bosses. It's not necessarily right but it is unescapable in certain places.

During my own IT, I was lucky my boss was quite well to do so I always bought food from notable fast foods but some others weren't so lucky, they had to queue at Mama Put.

The point is this, if you want to learn from someone you will have to humble yourself to get the knowledge that the person has. If your ego is bigger than your desire to learn, then you will encounter many problems.

The disciples of Jesus were simply His apprentices. Do you know they left all to follow Him? Jesus didn't make servants of them, He made them friends but they still had to pay the price of honouring Him and serving. They even called Him "Master". In the end, by just looking at them one could tell that they had been with Jesus!

What must you do to learn all you need to learn? How will you serve those that are ahead of you to acquire the knowledge and skills they possess? How low can you go to reach your goal?

Think on these things.

© Seun Adebowale
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