Tapping Into Something Bigger

For years I’ve heard and read the numerous passages in the Bible, especially throughout Proverbs, that address knowledge. Especially this one: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge…” Proverbs 1:7. But only recently have I begun to realize more fully the implication of such verses.

God is the all-knowing One; the Creator of the universe; the One who understands how everything functions. He has drawn from His infinite knowledge and wisdom and included in His revelation to man (i.e. the Bible) all that He knew we needed to know. As someone once pointed out to me, it does not contain all that there is to know, but all that we need to know.

Here’s the eye-opener into how amazing this realization is: those who do not acknowledge or fear God do not have access to this treasury of knowledge. They are limited to human knowledge, which is ever-changing and may or may not be accurate, as it is measured only by other human knowledge rather than an absolute standard. Human knowledge accepts only what is perceived to be humanly observable, rational and true to reality. Thus, the scope of human knowledge is exceedingly diminished by the all-encompassing knowledge of God.

To me, what I believe seems perfectly rational, reasonable, and even obvious. However, others to whom I’ve spoken are convinced that to believe in God is to deny reason and reality. And, of course, the reverse is true as well. Their belief system, largely based on scientific “findings” is perfectly rational and reasonable to them, but seems to me to contradict true reality and reason. When such an impasse has been reached, what more can be said? What more can be done? Our very perception of reality is so diametrically opposed that it seems pointless to continue to debate on differing points.

It was this dilemma that brought me to the realization that Christians have access to knowledge far beyond that of those who reject God and His Word as the infallible authority for every aspect of life. To the extent that my mind is renewed and my life is transformed by the application of the Word of God, my thinking, my speaking and my lifestyle will differ from those who are operating from a standpoint of human autonomy. We are told in the Bible that this will appear to be foolishness to others – and I can attest to the truth of that! – but we must not despair or question the continued application of such Biblical knowledge to our daily lives. Rather, let us plunge eagerly into the vast pool of knowledge and wisdom that God has revealed to us in His Word. Let us never settle for a small pool of human knowledge when we can tap into something so much bigger and so much better!

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” Isaiah 55:8-11