GET UNDERSTANDING!

 

Friday, June 25, 2021

 

GET UNDERSTANDING!

 

Prov 4:5-7

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

 

One might easily guess that Solomon was the giver of this advice, but his source was God. He was offered anything he needed as he began his reign as king, and he rejected wealth and power for wisdom. Wealth and power, he discovered, are the traveling companions of wisdom.

 

To know who is the essence of all relationships. It is the foundation of friendships, romance, and diplomacy. Study to know who.

 

To know what is the clarity of all action. This is evident by the demonstration of so many who do not know just what they are doing.

 

To know when is the power of discretion. Discretion is the restraint of desire and the bounds of liberty.

 

To know where is the limits of adventure. The earth is not flat even when one is driving across Kansas! “It is he [God] that sitteth upon the circle of the earth.”    Isa 40:22

 

To know why is the key to science. Albert Einstein determined that massive objects cause a distortion in space-time, which is felt as gravity. His discovery began with “why.”

 

Wisdom is the spirit of sagacity which is having or showing understanding and the ability to make good judgments. God, through Solomon, said: “Wisdom is the PRINCIPAL thing. In all thy getting, get wisdom.”

 

Lord, let me travel through this day with a clear head and a pure heart. AMEN