Understanding

"Give me understanding, and I will keep your law and obey it will all my heart." (Psalm 119:34)

We are living in an age of information overload. Information is doubling every few months. The Internet has made information available to anyone who can afford a computer. However, information is not knowledge. In order for information to become knowledge we have to understand what that information represents and if it is important. Much of the information that comes to us on the Internet is not important, in fact, much is incorrect.

It is much different with God's Word. There is nothing in the Word of God that is not important. There is nothing in the Word of God that is incorrect. Peter said that some of Scripture is hard to understand and we need to discipline ourselves to study the Word so that we have understanding.

Knowledge is important but knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom may come from knowledge but if we do not know how to apply that knowledge then we are not wise. True wisdom comes from God. James says that if we lack wisdom we are to ask God for wisdom and He will give it to us.

We don=t obey God's Word blindly. We first understand the Word and then we obey. We do not obey like trained monkeys. We obey because we understand. To understand and not obey is not wisdom. It may be knowledge but never will it be wisdom. Understand should lead to obedience and obedience to Wisdom. God give your people wisdom today.