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Knowledge, in its simple English meaning, refers to the fact that you and I know something. For example, we all know that the earth is round, the sun is hot, Delhi is dusty and noisy, my neighbor\u2019s dog is crazy and so on.
With every technological advancement, we were able to tame this wild, inhospitable earth and today, like an expert glassmaker, we are almost able to bend the materials found outside or inside the ground to our will.
\r\nThe last century saw two great world wars and we were confronted with the flip side of this inherent desire we have to know \u2013 conquest by any and all methods. Even today, we live in the shadow of the threat of a nuclear cloud.<\/p>\r\n
In the 21st century, we have almost gone back to the root of knowing something. Like the previous century\u2019s obsession with splitting the atom, we have drilled it down to its fundamental alphabet as it were, i.e., data or information.
This week, I was meditating on the last part of 1 Corinthians 8:1, which says, \u201cknowledge puffs up while love builds up\u201d<\/i>. Indeed, information is literally at hand, thanks to social media, news, TV and smartphones.
\r\nTo me, it was the \u201cbuilding up\u201d part that caught my attention. There is absolutely no doubt that we are all as knowledgeable as the other fellow down the road in Sant Nagar. But do we pause for a while? Do we question ourselves? Are we exerting even half the effort that we put in updating our social media statuses to doing something for the betterment of another soul?
\r\nIs there a plot brewing in our heads?
\r\nAre we scheming to surprise people,
\r\nwith a plan that will add value to their lives?
\r\nHow do we want people to remember us?
\r\nWith fluttering fluff on Facebook?
\r\nWith stuttering stuff leading to a slippery slide?
\r\nOr do we ask our God to empower us?
\r\nTo give us grace to do the things we know
\r\nwe don\u2019t have the ability to do?
\r\nMaybe it\u2019s forgiving someone \u2013 letting them go,
\r\nMaybe it\u2019s confronting a brother or a sister,
\r\nMaybe it\u2019s opening the door to someone less privileged than you,
\r\nMaybe it\u2019s mustering the courage to stand up to _______,
\r\nMaybe it\u2019s sharing the good news to bad people,
\r\nMaybe it\u2019s sharpening yourself,
\r\nMaybe it\u2019s training harder.
\r\nDear friends, we were born for such a time as this.
\r\nWe were genetically imprinted with His purpose.
\r\nAnd now, we have the opportunity of our lifetime
\r\nto transform our neighbourhood,
\r\nour church,
\r\nour office,
\r\nour workplace,
\r\nour roads,
\r\nour politicians,
\r\nour country.
\r\nBut are we spending time close to His heart?
\r\nDo we know we are loved?
\r\nAre you ready to build?<\/p>\r\n
Contributed by Abe<\/i>
\r\nAbe serves as an elder at Fusion Delhi. He grew up in Nagaland and Assam, and currently lives in Delhi with his wife and their two beautiful girls. Abe works at an MNC in Gurgaon and has been dabbling in writing for almost two decades now. <\/i><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Knowledge, in its simple English meaning, refers to the fact that you and I know something. For example, we all know that the earth is round, the sun is hot, Delhi is dusty and noisy, my neighbor\u2019s dog is crazy and so on. On a serious note, the whole of history is a testament to […]<\/p>\n