Kindling the Flame

Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel”. Socrates

I saw this quote when I took my final seminary class last week. It was on my professors door. I thought it was a great reminder to me in my line of work. I am trying to educate students on the importance of God in their lives. I find myself often wanting to fill them with information about God in hopes that it will lead to life change. What I should be doing to engaging where God is already at work in their lives and kindle that to flame. I understand even more after working in ministry for around 10 years that information doesn't change people. An encounter with a living God changes people. My job is to help people see where God is already at work.