Proverbs 4:7 (KJV) Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
Proverbs 4:7 (CEB) The beginning of wisdom: Get wisdom! Get understanding before anything else.
There are people-scholars and priests-who spend all their time reading and studying the Bible, but I wonder if they have any true revelation of God’s Word? Do they have any idea of who God is or even the simplest understanding of God’s Word?
1 Corinthians 2:10-14 (CEV) 10God's Spirit has shown you everything. His Spirit finds out everything, even what is deep in the mind of God. 11You are the only one who knows what is in your own mind, and God's Spirit is the only one who knows what is in God's mind.
12But God has given us his Spirit. That's why we don't think the same way that the people of this world think. That's also why we can recognize the blessings that God has given us.
13Every word we speak was taught to us by God's Spirit, not by human wisdom. And this same Spirit helps us teach spiritual things to spiritual people. 14That's why only someone who has God's Spirit can understand spiritual blessings. Anyone who doesn't have God's Spirit thinks these blessings are foolish.
God’s Word becomes part of ours lives as we read and study it and pray over it! When we have Christ in us, Christ should be seen in the things that we do! I have heard it said many times, if you truly know God and His Word, then you will live it.
John 15:7 (KJV) 7If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Psalm 111:10 (KJV) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Many years ago as I sat and listened to my pastor teach, he told us many things, but this one thing stuck with me! He said before you study or read God’s Word, ask the Lord to help you understand what you read and study.
I don’t ever remember having been told that before, not even by my pastor growing up. Not by my youth leader, not by anyone. And I can tell you today, that it is a Word from the Lord!!!
For any of us to truly understand the scriptures, God has to open them up to us and make them real. He has to help us understand ALL of HIS WORD.
God’s Word is good for all aspects of our lives. Not just so we can understand the scriptures, but so we can live every day to the fullest, so that we can get the most out of life.
Proverbs 9:6 (KJV) 6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
God knows and has planned everything in our lives before the beginning of our existence. God has designed and planned everything to work in accordance with HIS WILL and HIS WORD.
Because God already knows everything that will happen to us, HIS SPIRIT will lead and guide us, teaching us all things just as He says in His Word.
Psalm 139:15-17 (CEV) 15Nothing about me is hidden from you! I was secretly woven together deep in the earth below, 16but with your own eyes you saw my body being formed. Even before I was born, you had written in your book everything I would do. 17Your thoughts are far beyond my understanding, much more than I could ever imagine.
Isaiah 55:8 (KJV) 8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. We don’t think like God thinks, but that doesn’t mean that we cannot understand what God says is His Word. It means that we do not think the same way God thinks not do we act as God would act. We have to seek Him for an understanding of HIS WORD!! That is why He has given us the gift of His Holy Spirit.
John 14:26 King James Version (KJV) 26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Now, the word ALL means everything, leaving nothing out!!!
So, for this scripture to be true, and for the HOLY GHOST to lead, guide and teach us ALL THINGS, He has to help us with the things of this world, not just the Heavenly things above, but ALL THINGS!!!
John 16:13 (KJV) 13Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
God tells us here that the Holy Spirit will guide us into ALL truth and then it says that HE will show us things to come. And God means exactly what He says.
To make sure that I was accurate, I looked up the word, truth. And the first thing that Wikipedia said is: Truth has a variety of meanings, such as the state of being in accord with fact or reality.
So, if we replace the word, truth in the first part of that scripture with the words, fact or reality, here is what it says. Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all fact or reality.
So, to rephrase this, that means that the Holy Ghost is going to show us the facts or the reality of every situation. Here’s what we have if we add the last part of that scripture to this part. Now I know that I am leaving out the middle, but just bear with me, please.
Not only is the Holy Ghost is going to show us the facts or the reality of every situation, but He also is going to show us things that are going to come, but have not yet happened.
So, if we will listen to HIM, The Holy Spirit will show us ALL THAT WE NEED TO KNOW!!! And in HIS WORD, GOD is NOT just talking about spiritual things, He is also talking about things in our daily lives. He is talking about EVERYTHING we need to know.
The Holy Ghost will help us, if we will only listen to HIM when HE SPEAKS.
Proverbs 9:9-12 (CEB) 9 Teach the wise, and they will become wiser; inform the righteous, and their learning will increase. 10 The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the LORD; the knowledge of the holy one is understanding. 11 Through me your days will be many; years will be added to your life. 12 If you are wise, it is to your benefit; if you are cynical, you will bear it all alone.
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