I am inclined to believe that the Lord will lead a person toward men and women that will expand the direction he is taking them in.
Theological study on it's own is too "dusty" for my tastes.
I cannot speak to all, but it is reasonable that some answers wouldn't just be "given" to you. In this line of thinking it is helpful to think about what makes for a good teacher. Also consider why have the body at all and why some would be teachers if the Lord were just going to give it all out at your leisure.
Does not the Lord work in the lives of others also? Do we not sharpen each other's iron?
I'm thinking of a game hunt. I can hunt squirrels and track lots of evasive creatures just fine (fleeting tangents)...but taking down a mammoth? I'd need help. For sure. Meat in this instance being the focus.
Imagine a tracker in the forest vs a trackless tundra...I probably would only hunt there for the sake of it, or perhaps the Lord wants to mature someone into an all-arounder. I've only got an hour...I'll go anywhere no matter how hard it is, I need a field guide. Who has been here before? Oh this person has been here for a decade? Definitely I can learn from them! Through the filter of my own relationship of course.
Or another referring to the gem/treasure within scripture consider prospecting.
Think of all the ways a teacher can teach...and then take it a step further with how the Lord has us in community to grow and mature together.
People are going to have different priorities, battles, fancies, "make"/vintage, so it makes sense to understand it as gleaning. Some fields are full of chaff and little grain. I may be more full at the time I'm walking the path that I don't stop because it doesn't seem worth it. I feel led to...fine! *picks a bit* *chews* ok, not bad, moving on...I can be somewhat lazy. Then another person happens along and is hungry and strips the field.
It is also reasonable that if these men and women were believers (that's the hard part) then they are built on the Chief cornerstone and since you are also building it makes sense to understand other blocks.
Oh, btw...while not related, I wrote this in blocks...It's a tricky topic for me, so apologies if it's a bit scattered. A lot of this is related to Christology blended with Theology. There's a mountain of discussion but in my personal experience, a small percentage is useful outside the "Ivory tower".
That said, there's too much junk to slog through out there that (much like posts) it may be that it only connects with one person throughout history. It is such a hopeless search by oneself that without the Lord it'd be impossible.
I find it of utility to season the meat I've already found sometimes also. I may not have any pepper and some of these men/women had stores of salt that is still salty today...
Great caution should be exercised as there is a stout bit of yeast as well. I only turn to it when I have felt the Lord in a trail I'm on, but I'm inexperienced in certain things. There's plenty I can't learn on my own due to time constraints...they already did the busy work and availing oneself of that has wisdom in it. It's also something of a move against pride for me personally.
