Proverbs 1:7
It is not enough
to have knowledge and wisdom. It must be
founded on the firm foundation of the fear of the Lord. It must be rooted in obedience to God. Knowledge and wisdom are good things to want;
good things to have. When God asked
Solomon what he wanted from Him, Solomon asked for “an understanding mind to
discern between good and evil.” God gave
him what he asked for but also said to him, “walk in my ways, keeping my
statutes, and my commandments.” (I Kings 3:1-15)
Wisdom and the
knowledge of good and evil have been a quest of human beings since the
beginning of time. In the garden the
first humans were tempted by the promise that eating from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil was a good thing, even though God clearly told them
not to eat of that tree. But, “the woman
saw that the tree was good for food, a delight to the eyes, and was to be
desired to make one wise. So she and her
husband ate from the tree and disobeyed God, suffering great consequence for
themselves and for the rest of the world for all time. (Genesis 3)
Knowledge and
wisdom are rooted in obedience to God.
Knowledge and wisdom come from the counsel of God and the reproof of
God. When we obey God and walk in His
ways, keep His statutes, and keep His commandments we will walk in knowledge
and wisdom. If we eat the fruit of our
own way and depend on our own devices we separate ourselves from God, just as
Adam and Eve did when they were sent out of the garden.
Knowledge and
wisdom derive from the fear of the Lord, a respect for God, and the worship of
God; anything else is false, of the flesh, and is only the fodder of
fools. The new atheist movement is made
up of highly intelligent people who are convinced they can find all the answers
to life on their own through knowledge and science. They believe there is now no need for the
“God hypothesis”. Humans have the
intelligence to supersede the primitive superstitions and supernatural beliefs
of earlier years.
I am a simple soul
who says to these self sufficient intellectuals the same thing David that David
would say to them, “The fool says in his heart, “There is no God” (Psalm
53:1) Do as you like, walk in your ways,
and come to your own end. I want more.
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