Education, p. 17

“No mention shall be made of coral or quartz, for the price of wisdom is above rubies.” Job 28:18.

For this week I would like to share this quote I read the other day in my devotional time. It’s written in the book “Education” by Ellen White:

The Holy Scriptures are the perfect standard of truth, and as such should be given the highest place in education. To obtain an education worthy of the name, we must receive a knowledge of God, the Creator, and of Christ, the Redeemer, as they are revealed in the sacred word.

Every human being, created in the image of God, is endowed with a power akin to that of the Creator—individuality, power to think and to do. The men in whom this power is developed are the men who bear responsibilities, who are leaders in enterprise, and who influence character. It is the work of true education to develop this power, to train the youth to be thinkers, and not mere reflectors of other men’s thought. Instead of confining their study to that which men have said or written, let students be directed to the sources of truth, to the vast fields opened for research in nature and revelation. Let them contemplate the great facts of duty and destiny, and the mind will expand and strengthen. Instead of educated weaklings, institutions of learning may send forth men strong to think and to act, men who are masters and not slaves of circumstances, men who possess breadth of mind, clearness of thought, and the courage of their convictions. Education, p. 17

This is Christian life 101. Ellen White once again reminds us of the importance of going back to the holy Word of God. This is the fountain of wisdom, truth, and salvation. We would be missing out big time if we just leave our Bibles piled with dust at home. Read.