1) I like being forced to study.
Yea, I’m lazy. I’d rather sit on my couch and nap than do most anything else. That includes everything from watching tv, to reading, to writing, to playing the piano. But when you’re leading the study, you can’t show up w/o studying the passage in advance. I suppose you could, but it just seems shady.
2) I like to help people learn.
I often complain about how little so many Christians know about the Bible. In seems sad that so many people believe something that they have not studied. And it makes even more sense that when they are confronted with opposing ideologies they have no defense.
3) I like thinking on my feet.
What that phrase means, I’m not sure. But I love how people bring up different points in a passage. I love how every mind sees so many different and important things. And by different, I don’t mean contrary and opposing. I mean, “Verse 5 means so much to me,” and the person on the other side of the room can’t say enough about verse 12.
I love to sit there and listen to it. I love to direct the discussion in a certain direction and make sure that we don’t get too far off topic. And after listening to it all, I enjoy picking points to discuss more critically.
What amazes me the most (about me) is how so many things pop into my mind. New stories; other scriptures; analogies of life; practical applications. Many things I never thought about before, but miraculously, they come to mind. It’s exhilirating. It’s good.