Did you know that God has told us to seek wisdom, to seek the know-how, and to get the ability to use good sense in our thinking, in our judgment, and in our actions? Did you know that God has also told us to get understanding, to get the ability to perceive and to get the ability to explain the meaning or nature of things?
“Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding” (Proverbs 4:5-7).
Seeking God’s wisdom is the first thing that we have to do, which is a problem for many who profess to be Christians. They seek God’s wisdom, but it is usually the wisdom of the world that they find and they do not realize that this is what they have done or what they are doing. God has pretty much given us everything that we need to know in his word, but we, with our finite worldly wisdom, have rejected his wisdom for the sake of trying to understanding that which we really do not understand. This is not a play on words or a manipulation of words. This is all about us being manipulated by a worldly wisdom that has limited our ability to understand the thoughts and ways of God. It is about us not recognizing the revelations that God has given us because they, the revelations, do not agree with what we have been taught or have accepted as truths our entire lives. This is about us not accepting those things that God has given us to help our understanding because we have been taught that no one can explain or understand the things of God.
Now, if no one can understand the things of God, then why do those same people try to explain those things that they, themselves just said that no one can understand? Do you think it is to make themselves appear to have a special relationship with God? Do you think it is to make themselves appear as if they are the only ones who can get divine revelations from God? Now that is something to ponder. We need to realize that the Bible is our source of knowledge about God. We need to know that the whole Bible was given to us by inspiration from God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives; it straightens us out and helps us do what is right. It is God’s way of making us well prepared at every point, fully equipped to do good to everyone (II Timothy 3:16-17). The Bible is our instruction manual and our source for all things God.
“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh” (Proverbs 4:20-22).
In this age of information, we who seek the truth have no reason not to be able to find it provided we do not limit ourselves to the walls of traditionalism or denominationalism. Limited knowledge leads to a limited life. A closed mind can only grow within the limits of its enclosure; an open mind grows with endless possibilities. God tells us “that his people are destroyed because they lack knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). This lack of knowledge has not come from a shortage of knowledge but from our rejection of knowledge. If the amount of knowledge is as vast as the oceans, it would be like dipping a cup into the ocean and using what is in the cup as your only source of information. Everything that you could possible know would be confined to the limits of that cup. And just as the ocean has things that can be harmful to us, it also contains things that can be beneficial to us. Knowledge works the same way; there are things harmful as well as things beneficial. If we reject every person who makes statements that we do not agree with, then we limit the amount of knowledge available to us. It is through “studying God’s word” (II Timothy 2:15), using every available resource that we gain the wisdom and understanding to rightly divide the word of truth and pick the harmful items out of the ocean of knowledge. When we attend to his words, we learn that they are life unto those that find them, which means that God’s words are full, abundant life unto those that hunt for, look for, or seek those words. Knowledge is power, while misinformation will lead to your destruction. It is the “truth that will set you free” (John 8:32).
We forever pray that our inspirational message will abundantly bless you, greatly inform you, and that you will be the better for having read it. If blessed by this message, please share so that others may be blessed as well. Amen.
Enjoy your blessings - KW
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