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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