To Be Educated

If I can learn My ABCs, can read 600 words per minute, and
can write with perfect penmanship,
but have not been shown how to communicate with the Designer of all language,
I have not been educated.

If I can deliver an eloquent speech and persuade you with my stunning logic,
but have not been instructed in God's wisdom,
I have not been educated.

If I have read Shakespeare and John Locke and
can discuss their writings with keen insight,
but have not read the greatest of all books-the Bible- and
have not knowledge of it as personal importance,
I have not been educated.

If I have memorized addition facts,
multiplication tables, and chemical formulas,
but have never been disciplined to hide God's Word in my heart,
I have not been educated.

If I can explain the law of gravity and Einstein's theory of relativity,
but have never been instructed in the unchangeable laws
of the One Who orders our universe,
I have not been educated.

If I can play the piano, the violin, six other instruments and
can write music that moves men to tears,
but have not been taught to listen to the Director of the universe and worship Him,
I have not been educated.

If I graduate from high school with a perfect 4.0 and
am accepted at the best university with a full scholarship,
but have not been guided into a career of God's choosing for me,
I have not been educated.

However, if one day I see the world as God sees it and come to know Him,
Whom to know is life eternal, and glorify God by fulfilling His purpose for me,
then I have been educated.


(Taken from newsletter BJUP by Carolyn Caines)