The Pursuit of Knowledge

There is a lot to be learned in the world - the pursuit of knowledge is literally endless. However, I don't think that should stop us.

In a book I read, "The Best American Travel Writing," there was this little nugget in the introduction that I thought was very interesting. It read:

"The more we know of particular things, the more we know of God." (xii)

In this case, it was something to inspire you to travel more, and I think it works in that capacity. In my opinion, the more that we travel, the more we understand of other people and places, and this allows us to understand God. When we know more of His creation, we can know more of him. (Of course, and hopefully this goes without saying, this does not mean that those who travel more by default know more about God).

I think this goes for all walks of life. On the surface, what is the point of reading a fiction novel, or in learning math, or science, or history, or any other such thing that we can learn about? In order to love and worship God, we do not need these things.

However, anything, everything, can help us understand God better. If they did not, then they would never have been created. But the more we know of God's creation, the better it may help us to understand Him.