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As a schoolboy, I loved our morning school assembly because there was always a hymn to be sung and I loved singing, but as I sat and looked up, the words printed in elegant old fashioned script just above the stage, held my attention, “The Fear of the Lord,” it said, “Is the beginning of Wisdom!” I was too young to understand the full meaning of those words, but even so, they were always imprinted on my mind, and today, as I see the seeking of knowledge being of paramount interest in the lives of most of us, I realise those words have more meaning now than ever. Knowledge, when applied in needy situations correctly, is an act of wisdom. But knowledge which has no God in it, is no wisdom at all.

Plain and simple. True wisdom can only sprout from a fear or respect of God. And the only way we can align the application of any knowledge towards accomplishing a just act is by knowing how the Divine wants us to act.



In other words, our man-made wisdom, which springs out of the chessboard or Chanakya cleverness is not wisdom at all, but just moves of manipulation. True wisdom comes from a spiritual encounter with God, and comes from God’s heart. When King Solomon was asked by God what he wanted, he replied, ‘I am a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in, therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil.

” And God replied, “ “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long lif.

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