Proverbs 1.7 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. (NIV)
More often these days as I find there is more sand in the
bottom of the hourglass than there used to be, I also find I am more interested
in taking care of my body and watching the things I put into it: mentally and
physically. I find I am really wondering, just
what the (bleep) are GMO’s? So I want to learn more about them and why I
have to go to an organization like Greenpeace to learn what I need to know… I
need knowledge and I need the science behind it.
“Science (from
Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that
builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and
predictions about the universe. In an older and closely related meaning,
"science" also refers to a body of knowledge itself, of the type that
can be rationally explained and reliably applied.” (Wikipeadia) There is a
science of GMO’s and I want to know
more about it. I want to fill up my scientia and figure out what to do when I
do.
The classical sense of the word science includes knowledge
that is testable. In other words, if one knows something to be true, one
can, through various means, test and prove the veracity of such knowledge. One
must be careful not to draw imprudent and premature conclusions without the
test of a test. And one must use a testable test to test the knowledge.
The test in
Proverbs 1.7 is this: the fear of the
Lord is the beginning of knowledge. So, the test is the volitional respect
given to God because He says: try Me and
test Me and see if what I say is true. To the one who does I will show him
wisdom and knowledge. (Knowledge being the knowing, and wisdom, the
application of such knowledge.) There is a science to belief but like
everything else in the world of science, there must be a test. The first test
in the knowledge of God is respectful belief that He exists: if I believe in Him, He will show Himself to
me.
The difference between science and expert-ism is that science is proveable and expert-ism falls along
the lines of believe as I say, not as I
do. There is no proof in expertism or science (falsely so called) if it
cannot be proved. Some would have us believe by the use of trickery and deceit
that what they say is true. God says, respectfully
believe Me and I will show you the truth. God’s veracity is proved in
respectful belief.
Of course, there are consequences to ignorance, both in
the sense of ignoring, and in the sense of lack of knowledge. There are dire
consequences to willful ignorance:
ignorance with an agenda. God calls that foolishness,
(the fool says, I just ain’t gonna
believe.)
At my age I also see the need to know and the need to
apply what I know. I think application is one of my biggest downfalls. But God
doesn’t just ask me to believe in Him, He also asks me to try Him (apply what
He teaches); and I’ll find when I do, He is as right as rain. Proveable. Verity.
Father, the application of Your truth is where I struggle,
so today, I ask for not only wisdom and instruction, but also a heart to apply
what You reveal. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge but fools
despise the tests… Help me I pray. Amen.
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