Submit When Asked

Proverbs 1:7

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

Sometimes Biblical language does a good job revealing our societal presuppositions. America was built on the idea that no man should have to submit to an authority outside himself. This individualism has only grown more as technology has made us more self-sufficient. Yet we are instructed that without fear, there is no wisdom. Fear in this passage is not a suspicious anxiety, but instead an idea of submission to the an awesome (as in full of awe) God. As someone who rebels against social restraints, I find this personally very convicting. I still think it is healthy to question man-made rules and regulations, but we should also investigate and submit to, God-made rules and regulations. And so we read on.