Our family recently vacationed in South Korea. We spent many days in Seoul, a city known for its beauty and health spa culture. We all opted for a Korean facial and were quite impressed and satisfied with the results. Accompanying me was a young man. Intelligent and affable, he was a perfect host for my visit. I do not speak Korean, but fortunately, his English was excellent, so we asked about each other’s backgrounds. I was astonished to learn that he formally trained as a chef. He worked as a sushi chef and later in a Spanish restaurant, both in South Korea. Impressive. I asked him why he was now working in this health spa. His answer shocked me. 

“There was nothing more to learn.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. Still in his early twenties he had acquired a modest resume as a chef but he was certainly not a master chef. I asked him how he arrived at that conclusion. His second answer was even more astounding “I soon realized that everything in cooking is basically the same thing, just different ingredients.”

I am not a chef, nor do I have formal training in cooking. Nonetheless, I perceived his answer as either naive or disdainful. However, I wondered, was he correct? Are there any endeavours or occupations in which we engage when there is nothing more to learn? Once again, the Bible provides the answer. 

Even perfection has its limits, but your commands have no limit.

Psalms 119:96 (NLT)

In this life, we may arrogantly think there is nothing more to learn, there is nothing new under the Sun. God reminds us that in His creation, even perfection has its limits. Only His commands have no limit. 

Nothing more to learn? 

With God, we have barely begun. Every trial, every blessing, every verse we meditate on is another page in the textbook of grace.

Love and trust in the Lord; seek His will in your life.

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