Look To The Man Of Nazareth

Teachers are the precious gifts of God. In fact they were role models to their students. Now a days the standard of teachers have come down. In order to boost the morale of the community of teachers in India, we celebrate the birthday of late President of India Dr. Radhakrishnan as teachers day(Sept. 5).

Once Paul Sudhakar as a student asked Dr. Radhakrishnan, "who is the greatest teacher whom I can follow in my days to come?" Though he himself was not a Christian he replied, "Jesus Christ is the eternal teacher for any man to follow". Later Paul Sudhakar, an orthodox Hindu became an ardent believer and a famous evangelist in the last century.

1979 was declared as international year for children by the United Nations Organisation. It has chosen a solgan for the same year. It reads "look to the man of Nazareth". At the age of 12 Jesus went to the synagogue and learned from priests and scribes. A good teacher will always be a good student. The priest and the scribes were amazed by the wisdom of Jesus. There is no generation gap in the process of learning. We learn from the learned and the elders. We can learn from children and also of the youth. "There are a few things on earth as beautiful as a university" (John F Kennedy)

Nevertheless the Oxford, the Cambridge even the Harvard may fail to impart instructions to modern students to lead a righteous life. The foot of Jesus Christ is the best and reliable university available at all times. Jesus Christ is the greatest teacher whom we can follow. As we follow him as Saviour and Lord we can be like Him.