8月14日 智慧的开端 The Beginning of Wisdom

8月14日

智慧的开端

The Beginning of Wisdom

但你们得在基督耶稣里是本乎神，神又使他成为我们的智慧……

——林前1:30

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom . . .

—1 Corinthians 1:30

我相信我们应该尽可能地受教育，但我们却不敢把它当成神。约翰·杜威曾把教育定义为对经验有系统的、有目的的重建，但如此多的现代教育却都遗漏了神。我们实际上正在做的是重建我们的罪，扩展、放大和倍增我们的罪。我们需要教育，但需要的不只是思想和身体方面的，还有属灵上的教育。人类有灵，因而今天在我们的教育体系中，需要一种对属灵的强调。如果我们养育出的一代人缺乏神所给予的智慧，那么他们可能会成为受过教育的野人和愚人。“敬畏耶和华是智慧”和教育的“开端”。让我们确保神是我们的磐石。

I believe we ought to get all the education we can, but we dare not make it our god. John Dewey once defined education as the systematic, purposeful reconstruction of experience; but so much of modern education leaves out God. What we are actually doing is reconstructing our sins. We expand our sins, enlarge them, multiply them. We need education, but not just for the mind and the body; we also need education for the spirit. Man has a spirit, and in our educational system today we need a spiritual emphasis. If we bring up a generation that lacks the wisdom that God can give, they can turn into educated savages and fools. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom” and education. Let’s make sure our rock is God.

今日祷告

全能的上帝，我感谢你，你的话教育我的灵，使我完全。

Prayer for the day

Almighty God, I am grateful to You that Your Word educates my spirit and makes me whole.