knowledge

There's a problem with watching the news these days: the talking heads don't know much. I don't say that because I'm anti-media; as a former journalist I actually have a lot of respect for the profession, and give our media a lot more credit than most people do.

But the fact is, there's really only one way to know anything about anything in this world, and that's to first of all know God. That's what it says in Proverbs 1:7: "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction."

You can't know about people without looking to God, because he made us. You can't know about the world, either. Christians are ridiculed sometimes as being anti-science, but true science, a true seeking to know and understand this world, has to start with God. The world exists, after all, to show us God. People exist to show us God. If we look closely at either and still can't see God, then we don't understand the thing we're examining.

This is a core truth that isn't much honored anymore. Sad to say, it isn't even honored in our churches as it once was. If it were, we'd all spend more time trying to know God.