Want Knowledge?

      Eating in New York is great! There are bakeries and restaurants on every block. One of my favorite restaurants is Max Brenner, which is a restaurant where almost every item has chocolate in it. I combined two meals to be able to eat the extra caloies. No matter where you eat in NYC, you are able to make an inform decision. Every menu has the calorie intake listed beside the item. If you eat out three times a day, it will be easy to know if you stayed in your goal.

     The initial reaction from me was, “this is great, I wish it was this way everywhere!”  However, that turned to frustration when what I wanted was thousands of calories! New Yorkers hate it. They do not like having that knowledge in front of them all the time. It takes the ‘fun’ out of eating with no limits!
     Many Christians feel this way about knowledge. We learn this principle early in our faith that we are not responsible if we do not have knowledge about what is right and wrong. Can you imagine getting married and your spouse never finding out what they should do or not do as a married person, or find out how to bring you happiness, or how to show you love? That is exactly what that kind of thinking says to God. Knowledge teaches us how to walk with the Lord. It teaches us what we have to eliminate to be obedient to our Savior. It teaches us how to demonstrate our love to God.
     Don’t run from knowledge embrace it!

The mind of the prudent is ever getting knowledge, and the ear of the wise is ever seeking (inquiring for and craving) knowledge.

Proverbs 18:15