My soul clings to you,Your right hand upholds me.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. When Adam fell, he chose to find his wisdom in something other than God. He chose to discern good and evil for himself, cutting off his dependency on every word that comes from the mouth of God. In Jesus, our Word, God has called us to lay down our lives as living sacrifices, that we might have our minds renewed in dependency on our God.
We must approach life in humbleness, realizing that the sin of man is being dependent on our own wisdom. We must not trust in our ability to discern good and evil or in our own wisdom, but live lives looking to and fearing the One who searches our hearts and souls and allowing the scriptures to come into us as a double-edged sword. He alone is our source of discernment, knowledge, and wisdom.
