Saturday, February 1, 2025
The Sensible and the Hows
“Should you want knowledge, ask our beneficiant God, and he’ll give it to you. He is not going to rebuke you for asking.” (James 1:5 NLT)
Some folks deal with prayer like a Christmas checklist. They see the phrases “beneficiant God” and launch into their want checklist of materialistic objects that they suppose will fulfill them. The issue is, when you focus your consideration on materials possessions, you overlook probably the most useful asset God makes out there to you: knowledge.
James says, when you want knowledge, ask for it. God received’t rebuke you, irrespective of what number of occasions you request it. Consider me, I’ve examined the bounds. I pray for knowledge on a regular basis. After I put together a message or after I take into consideration the way forward for our church, I like to wish, “Lord, You’ve promised in Your Phrase to provide us Your knowledge. I’m praying for it proper now.” Which is one other manner of claiming, “I have to know Your will, Lord. Present me Your will.”
Should you’re married or in a relationship, the necessity is much more urgent. God’s knowledge may also help you navigate the highs and lows of life collectively. It might probably assist you to meet your relationship challenges head-on. It might probably assist you to maintain your eye on the large image when you work out the small particulars.
God’s knowledge is one thing we must always all be searching for after. Proverbs 9:10 says, “Concern of the Lord”—that’s, reverence for the Lord—“is the inspiration of knowledge” (NLT).
Don’t mistake intelligence for knowledge. You will be good however not essentially sensible. I’ve seen people who find themselves very clever, who’ve superior levels hanging on their wall, and who’re very profitable of their chosen discipline do among the most ridiculous issues possible.
Intelligence is buying data and making use of it, growing sure abilities. However knowledge comes from a distinct place. Some knowledge comes from life’s classes. We study from issues we’ve completed proper—and we additionally study from our errors. However the final supply of knowledge is God and His Phrase. That’s what we wish to construct our lives on.
In Matthew 7, Jesus tells the story of two males who constructed on two completely different foundations. The sensible man constructed his home upon rock. When storms got here and beat upon the home, it stood agency as a result of it was constructed on the precise basis. In distinction, the silly man constructed his home on sand. When the identical storms got here, his home collapsed. Jesus mentioned, “Anybody who listens to my instructing and follows it’s sensible, like an individual who builds a home on strong rock” (NLT).
Constructing a life is completely different from constructing a home. It’s not all the time apparent what’s rock and what’s sand. That’s why God desires us to wish—as usually as we have to—for knowledge. Some folks construct their lives on a relationship that appears unshakable—as strong because the Rock of Gibraltar—solely to have their basis collapse when the connection ends. Different folks construct their lives on job safety or monetary safety, after which discover themselves in rubble when the business or market collapses.
God will assist us discover the strong floor of His will in each scenario. All we’ve got to do is ask.
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