Worldview- What is the Starting Point?

How does a theologian and a scientist, or a believer and a non-believer, or even just 2 different individuals look at the same circumstance, body of evidence, or object and come to totally different interpretations and explanations? It has to do with their starting point or worldview. Their set of preconceived ideas and notions. Why do I bring this up? Well I have been thinking a lot about Proverbs 1:7 which says “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. What does that mean? Well as I have meditated on that verse it seems to say that true knowledge (what we understand or know about everything/anything) has its beginning in the fear of the Lord. In other words we can not have correct knowledge without beginning with God. The fear of the Lord at its core is realizing God is creator, sustainer, and the purpose behind all of existence. When you start there you can then accurately interpret the world. Faith is not irrational and neither is scientific conclusions apart from God in one sense. It all has to do with the purpose you see in our universe. The irrational part in science (without God) is trying to explain life itself and therefore the purpose for it. So where are you? Do you have a fear (reverence and awe) of God? Do you view life through His eyes? Today we will be honoring our graduates. They will be entering a world that in a lot of cases doesn’t begin with God. Let’s all pray that they will be strengthened in their faith as their worldview is challenged. Pray that they will be able to stand in the face of opposition (in some cases) as lights in the midst of the world.