Fools Despise Wisdom

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. 

Proverbs 1:7 

As the absence of light is darkness, so the absence of wisdom is foolishness.  If ‘the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,’ to refuse to revere God is foolishness and ignorance.  The writer of Proverbs is very blunt.  He declares ‘fools despise wisdom and instruction.’  A writer in Psalms describes this rejection by saying, ‘The fool has said in his heart there is no God.’  This is not merely the person who declares that God does not exist, but includes the one who says, in essence, ‘there is no God for me.’  This is to ‘despise wisdom and instruction.’  This inevitably makes the person who rejects Christ a fool in the biblical sense. Christ said, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.’  He was not backward or equivocating in any way.  He proclaimed that to dishonor Him was to dishonor the Father.  For this reason, the knowledge of God must include and involve the Person and Work of Christ at every level.  To reject this is to reject the knowledge of God and thereby to become a fool.  This is not a good road for anyone to take.  Therefore, our appeal to you who read this little work is ‘believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.’ 

Our Wise and Wonderful God, 
we rejoice that You have, in Your Wisdom,  
shown us Christ. 
We pray that by Your Spirit, 
You will continue to open our hearts, 
and illuminate our minds to understand more of Him. 

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning