Proverbs 1:7 KJV
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
It occurred to me this morning that there is just about as much about the fool in Proverbs as about wisdom. That knowledge wisdom and instruction are, at least in the mind of God's Word, spiritual pursuits is obvious because Scripture says "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge..." What a tragedy that some have turned education into a form of idolatry!
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. So my prayer today is that we would not be so foolish. My prayer is that the Spirit of God would so move in our lives and minds and hearts that we would not despise but desire the wisdom and instruction that comes from God.
There is a type of instruction that is wicked. Its goal is to make a man believe that there is no god besides man himself. There is a form of wisdom that is worldly-wise and is contrary to all that is godly. I do not say that we pursue that type of wisdom. But I do say that we pursue both wisdom and instruction; in the Lord.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
It occurred to me this morning that there is just about as much about the fool in Proverbs as about wisdom. That knowledge wisdom and instruction are, at least in the mind of God's Word, spiritual pursuits is obvious because Scripture says "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge..." What a tragedy that some have turned education into a form of idolatry!
Fools despise wisdom and instruction. So my prayer today is that we would not be so foolish. My prayer is that the Spirit of God would so move in our lives and minds and hearts that we would not despise but desire the wisdom and instruction that comes from God.
There is a type of instruction that is wicked. Its goal is to make a man believe that there is no god besides man himself. There is a form of wisdom that is worldly-wise and is contrary to all that is godly. I do not say that we pursue that type of wisdom. But I do say that we pursue both wisdom and instruction; in the Lord.
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