[Proverbs 4:7 KJV] “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding”.
Wisdom is the principal thing, hence there is the need to get understanding. How then can we gain this understanding? Let us share practical steps to gain that understanding.
In life, the difference between wisdom and knowledge is perspective or understanding. Knowledge is simply to know or to be informed; wisdom is to understand what it should mean to you.
I read about two twin boys raised by an alcoholic father.
One grew up to be a worse alcoholic than the father. When asked why he drinks, he said “I watched and learnt from my father”. The other grew up and never touched anything alcoholic his entire life. When asked same question, he replied “I watched and learnt from my father”.
Two boys, same dad, same growing environment but they had two different perspectives.
In all thy getting, get wisdom, get understanding. I pray that the good Lord will enlighten you to know what to do with knowledge.
The steps to gain understanding for living is to be;
1. Subject to tutors;
There is a vast differencd between authority, right, capacity, and understanding. We gain understanding when we submit to our tutors. Your tutors and governors teach and prepare you for the future. The role of tutors and governance is to equip you for full function.
[Galatians 4:1-2 KJV] “Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be Lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father”.
2. Go to the ant;
Your ant is anyone you don’t respect much but is achieving more than you expect. The ant is a small animal yet can achieve much in a short time.
[Proverbs 6:6-8 KJV] “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: [7] Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, [8] Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest”.
3. Observe nature;
Nature always has something to teach. There is so much we can learn from nature. The Bible encourages us to study nature to understand truth.
[1 Corinthians 11:14 KJV] “Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?”
4. Lay aside malice… and desire the sincere milk of the word;
A malicious hypocrite can never increase in knowledge. It takes sincerity to increase in knowledge.
[1 Peter 2:1-3 KJV] “Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, [2] As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: [3] If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious”.
5. Pray;
God gives wisdom and does not reproach or rebuke you for asking for it. He shows great and mighty things and those who pray operate this high knowledge.
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[James 1:5 AMP] “If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him”.
6. Be prudent at heart and wise in the ear
May the Lord give each of us a prudent heart to understand wisdom. May your ears be empowered with wisdom so that in hearing you will understand.
[Proverbs 18:15 KJV] “The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge”.
Be blessed, I love you!
Noah Simpe Bediako
Originally published at highcity.org
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