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Receive my instruction, and not silver, And knowledge rather than choice gold; For wisdom [is] better than rubies, And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her. Proverbs 8:10-11 NKJV
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He sought a quicker passage to Asia than the route around the south of Africa. Convinced he could simply sail west, the Italian explorer miscalculated the earth’s diameter and ended up among the West Indies of North America.
For months, Columbus sailed from island to island in the Caribbean in a fruitless search for gold, silver, and spices to bring to his sponsors in Spain.
When Columbus returned to the New World in 1493, he subjugated the indigenous people and forced them to mine their land for gold. But as they didn’t find much, Columbus sent the indigenous peoples themselves to Europe to work as slaves.
Columbus’s legacy of exploration has been marred by his atrocities against the indigenous peoples he encountered. Although he professed to be a man of faith, Columbus’s desire for gold and other riches of the New World led him into infamy.
Had he searched for wisdom as diligently as earthly goods, the world would be a different place. Europeans would have encountered America eventually, but the rise of the transatlantic slave trade wouldn’t have happened as it did.
As you explore this world for yourself, are you searching for wisdom or something less precious?
Prayer: Lord, be more precious to me than all else.
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He sought a quicker passage to Asia than the route around the south of Africa. Convinced he could simply sail west, the Italian explorer miscalculated the earth’s diameter and ended up among the West Indies of North America.
For months, Columbus sailed from island to island in the Caribbean in a fruitless search for gold, silver, and spices to bring to his sponsors in Spain.
When Columbus returned to the New World in 1493, he subjugated the indigenous people and forced them to mine their land for gold. But as they didn’t find much, Columbus sent the indigenous peoples themselves to Europe to work as slaves.
Columbus’s legacy of exploration has been marred by his atrocities against the indigenous peoples he encountered. Although he professed to be a man of faith, Columbus’s desire for gold and other riches of the New World led him into infamy.
Had he searched for wisdom as diligently as earthly goods, the world would be a different place. Europeans would have encountered America eventually, but the rise of the transatlantic slave trade wouldn’t have happened as it did.
As you explore this world for yourself, are you searching for wisdom or something less precious?
Prayer: Lord, be more precious to me than all else.
