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Monday Meditations - Knowledge



Knowledge

Some people love learning. Some people make a career out of it. If we are wise, we should be learning new things every day. I enjoy learning how to do new things; if it's home repairs or craft projects, I feel good in the end being able to stand back and see the fruits of my labor. I love reading and history. I enjoy combining the two even more – reading about history.

The funny thing about knowledge is that some people have a wealth of it, yet don't have any wisdom. What's the difference, you may ask? Knowledge is a knowing; wisdom is putting what we know to good use.

As we were raising our children, we gave them as much knowledge as we could. That's where our responsibility stopped. It's what they did with that knowledge that actually made a difference and turned knowledge into actual wisdom. Sometimes we hated to watch them go through things, but those were lessons they each had to learn for themselves.

I imagine God often feels the same way about us. He has given us His Word. If we've read it, we have the knowledge, but what have we done with it?

Do we know we should "cast all her cares on Him", yet continually worry about our day-to-day needs?

Do we know we should love our enemies, yet wish them ill will?

Do we know we should keep the Sabbath as a holy day, yet fill it up with all the activities we weren't able to accomplish during the week?

Do we know we should honor our parents, yet complain about all their idiosyncrasies to others?

If we could take all of those above scenarios, and many more commands from the Bible, from knowing to applying oh, how different our lives could be! How different this world could be!

Is there an area of your life where you have the knowledge of what you should do, but have yet to take this step to making it wisdom? Consider that today. Search the Scriptures to see what God has to say. Put it to prayer and God will help you overcome any challenge.

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