THE HEART OF EDUCATION
Psalm 19:1
The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of His hands.
The crisis in education is one of competing worldviews, of who gets to set the standards and to call the shots in the training of our children. The central point of education is the home, where a biblical foundation for life is to be laid and the humanistic, man-centered philosophy that pervades public education is to be countered. If we are going to pull off this agenda, we need to know what the center, the heart of education, really is. The center of education is God Himself. Whenever God is left out of any field of knowledge, whether it is science or medicine or engineering, you are on your way down. God has so constructed the universe that when He is excluded, whatever you’re studying is in trouble because He is no longer the reference point. Any truth discovered in God’s world is God’s truth.
Much of this truth is what we call natural revelation (Psalm 19:1–6). This knowledge is not exclusively written in the pages of the Bible, but it has also been discovered through the study of God’s world. The other source of truth is the Bible itself, which is called special revelation. But whether learned from nature or from Scripture, all truth is God’s revelation. That’s why Christian education should be distinct. A Christian education is anchored in God’s revelation. It is based on His standards. Too often the public schools are trying to give children a cup of education when no one agrees on what a cup should be. Nobody wants God to be the standard, yet everyone still wants to produce the right information and get the right results.
REFLECTION: Read Psalm 19. Why is God’s truth the central point of all education? How can we help children understand this? What word picture might help communicate this to your children? I praise You and thank You for the educators in our nation who have hearts committed to You, Father, and I ask You to empower them to lead according to Your way.
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