Brewing Hebrew

Learning Hebrew has rejuvenated my mental ability to study and grasp new knowledge even when I am a father of three children. Safe for the grace of God, it would be impossible at worst, and be a herculean task at best, to learn a new language, in fact, the oldest language in the history of the world. It took me a lot of time to study and understand the grammatical rules and language structure of Hebrew. After months of studies in the midst of my busy official work and church life, the Lord has been gracing me time to learn and learn. Till the midterm exam that I gave on the first week of December 2024, I had revised the 8 lessons in 7 units at least four times each. I would not do a haphazard work. Once I was determined to do a thing, I gave my best shot always. And the Lord graced and blessed me in my studies.

To my surprise, the Lord still gives me good mental health to be able to study well. I feel as fresh as when I was a student some twenty-five years ago. Now, putting on a student's head after a long long gap refreshes my mind so much. In fact, I have been encouraging the young people and my own children in their studies. Not to boast, but as a testimony and an encouragement, I even testified to them that I was able to score cent percent in some of my exams and maintained an average score above ninety percent. I myself did not imagine that I would be studying so hard at this age, and also would be scoring this percentage. 

When I enrolled for the class, my concern was mainly to stay put and keep sailing on with an average mark good enough to continue to study as the course progressed. But, I became much more serious than what I thought, and spent much more time than what I expected, and also got more marks than what I imagined. I believe there is a purpose for me to study Hebrew. It may not be fully clear as yet, but the Lord has a definite purpose. I am not a translator, but there is a reason why I learned Greek a few years ago, and why I am learning Hebrew now. Perhaps, the Lord is preparing me for what He wants to use me in the future for. Perhaps among the Christian and scholarly community one day? This is just my guess. The Lord knows the best. Therefore, my Hebrew learning is for the Lord's purpose, and I will give my full cooperation to the Lord. 

I have been brewing Hebrew these days and trust the Lord that it will be fully brewed.

May the will of the Lord be done. Amen.