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Sundays | September 5 - 26
Education is the answer to all cultural ills. Can’t figure out the finances? Be educated. Can’t connect in relationships? Be educated. Can’t avoid disease? Be educated. Can’t find a job? Be educated. Can’t decide what to do with aging parents? Be educated. Can’t find purpose in life? Be educated. If we can just be educated enough then surely we will figure out the mysteries of the universe. Given enough time to allow the evolutionary process of knowledge to discover its apex, humans will surely possess the answers to the questions that have haunted the species since the development of the ability to query.
Yet almost every student has asked themselves at least once during the education process, “How will I ever use this in real life?”
A wise man many years ago recorded the following in regards to education:
“The words of the wise are like cattle prods—painful but helpful. Their collected sayings are like a nail-studded stick with which a shepherd drives the sheep. But, my child, let me give you some further advice: Be careful, for writing books is endless, and much study wears you out. That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.” (Ecclesiastes 12:11–14, NLT)
Education has a place in the process of living, but information is in the end useless without submitting what we discover to be true to the fear of God and obedience of his commands.
My friends, at Main Street we will be looking at four key words in September that everyone should know and understand. It is my hope not to “educate” this upcoming month, but to liberate followers of Jesus to apply knowledge and wisdom to daily life.
- Pastor Bob