He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool. Shun him.

Old Arabian proverb

My parents should have sued the college that I attended to recover the cost of tuition for my education - something must have gone wrong in the four years that it took for me to get that education. You see, when I entered college I was already very, very smart. And, the first year went pretty well also, for at the end of my freshman year in college I knew everything.

You may doubt that statement, but all that you had to do was ask me and I would have told you - anything you wanted to know on any subject, for my knowledge was vast. I was not only wise beyond my years, but I was also wise in my own eyes.

And my eyes were opened, for I made another grand discovery: My parents, bless their hearts, really weren't all that smart at all. Now I had suspected that for a number of years (since about junior high), but my professors confirmed the fact. I was smarter!

Then something shocking happened along the way to my degree. The longer I was in college, the less I knew - and something happened to my parents at the same time. Apparently they were secretly attending night classes, for they were becoming smarter and smarter. By the end of my four years, I knew even less than I did than when I began my advanced studies. And my parents knew even more. Perhaps, my parents were right not to sue the college after all.

As important as my realizing how stupid I was in the real world, I discovered something even more important during my four years at Lubbock Christian College: I wasn't all that clever when it came to God's word either. So, for the last 30 years I have studied from the best source of wisdom ever given: The Bible. I didn't really know that much about the Word then, and I'm starting to see that I still don't know very much now, but I'm learning. Are you?

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. 

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 1:7; 26:12; 9:10, NIV