| “My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee … Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God” (Proverbs 2:1, 3-5). |
| When I went to high school, every morning a senior student was chosen to go down to the office and read some verses from the Bible over the PA system, then lead the whole school in saying the Lord’s prayer. When I was in my senior year I well remember being given the above verses to read, when it was my turn. Times have changed since then, and this does not happen anymore. |
| However, the truth of God’s Word remains, even if people in North America do not want to hear it today. No doubt some students in high school in those days never read a Bible, although most people went to “church,” as they say. But students heard something from the Word of God every day in school. This does not happen now, and it makes it all the more important for us to read the Bible on our own. If you are growing up in a Christian home, perhaps you hear the Bible read either in the morning or evening, and maybe both times. But it is good to read the Word of God for yourself, even if you do not understand all that you read. God is able to make His Word plain to us, and we will always get something from it, even if we do not understand everything. |
| Among all that we get from God’s Word, our verse tells us that we will “understand the fear of the Lord,” and “find the knowledge of God.” Both of these are most important for young people. The fear of the Lord means that we live and walk before the Lord as the One who has authority over us, and the knowledge of God means that we come to know our Creator and Redeemer in a personal way. These are part of a good foundation on which to build our lives. |
