Over the past couple days/weeks, I have had this topic on my mind. It is the idea that many of us go throughout our lives taking things as they come on the surface level. Many of us do not dig. We do not get to the heart of the matter. We accept what we are told. We are naive.
I more than anyone am guilty of this. I am a cradle Catholic. When I was going through Catholic school, I never questioned my Faith like I do now. I merely accepted the things I was taught because that is what my teachers told me and that is what the Church said I should believe. Our learning cannot and must not be that superficial. Now, I am constantly seeking answers for why I believe this and why I believe that. I have to. It is an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, for Truth. I ardently desire to get to the heart of the matter. And I desire it to understand it for myself and then to share it with the world.
However, I think too many people don’t seek answers. Too many people don’t question the things they know or have learned. Doubt does not always have to be a bad thing. There is most definitely a place in this world for healthy doubt. It is necessary.
We receive information from biased news sources, untrustworthy social media pages, and the Internet. Everybody has something to say. Nothing is filtered between fact and opinion. And if on the off chance it is filtered, that filtering process is most likely done by people who use the facts to fit their agenda rather than representing the whole truth.
This is why it is essential to do your own work. To seek things out for yourself. We must adopt some level of skepticism. We have become so trusting as a society. We trust random people to pick up our food from restaurants and deliver it to us without tampering with it. We trust news sources, social media, and the Internet as if they only contained facts without the infiltration of heavy biases.
Let me be clear, I am not saying to never trust anyone or anything. What I am saying is this: don’t accept everything at face value. If you feel the urge to question something then please go question it.
It is of the utmost importance for the progression of society for there to be civil discourse between educated, mature individuals. Without this, we will begin to fall apart.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, the things that are happening in the world today are waxing worse and worse. Lord, we look to You for knowledge and wisdom at a time when all that is connected with God and godliness is being so severely attacked, and is so quickly being eroded away.
Father, we know that the Bible is Your Word of truth, and yet throughout the nations it is losing its authority and respect, and being replaced with secular humanism and an anti-God agenda. Father, we pray that You would grant us Your knowledge and wisdom to know what to do and how to behave in a world that is spiralling out of control. In His name we pray,
Absolute and all knowing God,
Nothing is hidden from Your sight.
In the prescience since the beginning,
All knowledge existed within You.
Kindly share Your knowledge with me,
Making me aware of what is meant to be,
Permitting my soul to understand it,
And wisdom to agree with its outcome.
Provide me with the gift of discretion,
To prudently apply received knowledge,
To ensure the fulfillment of Your Will.
Your knowledge shines forth forever!
Amen.
Source for prayers:
https://prayer.knowing-jesus.com/prayer/prayers-seeking-knowledge-and-wisdom-1636
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