The saying “knowledge is power” has always intrigued me. I know what it means — that a possessor of knowledge has a power or advantage over a non-possessor of that knowledge. But the idea always bothered me that knowing something someone else didn’t know meant becoming proud or arrogant. Or else that it was impetus to try to take advantage of others because of it.
However, there is an Antidote to Pride-Poison! It goes along with our “mission scripture” of choice: Proverbs 3:5-6.
And do we ever have an urgent need to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and lean not unto our own understanding!
Right now, my understanding of and knowledge about India, and the exact nature of our assignment once there — well, to say that it’s limited is a comical understatement.
Despite all we can do to find information to read, videos and movies to watch, people to talk to who have been there, or who are currently there — there’s just no substitute for the experiential knowledge we will get over time.
Paul said in 1 Corinthians 8:2 — And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
I like to think that I know a few things, but do I know what I ought to know?
Time will tell!
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