"Back to school, back to school"

"Back to school, back to school to prove to dad that I'm not a fool. I've got my lunch packed up my boots tied tight, I hope I don't get in a fight. OOH' back to school, back to school, back to school." Ahhhhh, back to school. Billy Madison said it best!

I'm gonna make this as clear as I possibly can, school is one of the best and most needed things any human can possibly participate in; and one of my least favorite things!

The ability to attain knowledge and learn from those who have turned their knowledge into wisdom and become wise, is not a privilege that most have. I forget the exact statistic, so it may be wrong to even try, but it goes something like this. As we graduate high school, high school, HIGH SCHOOL, we are more educated than some 65% of the rest of the world!

But, our ability to attain knowledge has surpassed our desire. We desire to be wise, not knowledgeable, we desire to be a philosopher but with nothing to philosoph about. We have the desire to put what we know into practice when it counts, but no desire learn how to do that. No desire to take the time to learn the things of God.

I'm starting seminary this fall, my first class was today actually. Excited? Sure. My struggle is this, I enjoy knowledge, but just like everyone else I enjoy the benefits so much more. Of course I want to be knowledgeable about the things of God, but I desire to be wise more than that. I guess what I have to realize, maybe what you have to realize, is that wisdom does not come without knowledge, and knowledge without practice is...knowledge. These, wisdom and knowledge, go hand in hand.

I pray as I go through these few classes that I will not be selfish and think only of myself. I pray that God would give me only what He knows is best, right, pure, truth. I pray that my desire to be a wise man of God will be fueled by my knowledge of Him and His grace!