DAILY HOPE DEVOTIONALS: MAY 23
THE SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING ON JESUS (2) SCRIPTURE: PROVERBS 3: 19 (KJV)
As Christians, we cannot be anything without the gift of understanding from the LORD. The Spirit who gives wisdom also gives knowledge of what to do in life, but understanding supplies us with the technicalities of how to apply the wisdom. Many people have sought for wisdom but could not find it because they lack in the knowledge of how to find it. What makes them not to find the knowledge is because they lack understanding. Hear the Bible: “A mocker seeks wisdom and never find it, but knowledge comes easily to those with understanding” (Prov. 14: 6 Africa Study Bible).
Today’s devotional aims at sharpening our minds on how understanding can be applied on issues of life while living in this world. With understanding, wisdom and knowledge; solution will be easier applied where difficult things arise in life. This could be the reason the Bible says that Understanding is the wellspring of life to him who has it (Prov. 16: 22a). The word “wellspring” connotes the meaning of “fountain”, therefore, we can say that understanding is a fountain of life. With the Spirit of understanding, one can discern danger in any situation and discovers how to avoid it. This will result to giving one individual many years of living resourcefully. The Psalmist knows this perfectly when he prayed that God should give him understanding so that he shall live (Psa. 119: 144 KJV). We suffer seeing good results from our labours most often as a result of lacking in understanding to know what God gives us in life as our profession.
It is so pathetic seeing some Christians struggling in life because they failed to ask God for understanding of how to do things. We can see in Proverbs 19: 8 (KJV), that whoever has the Spirit of understanding always find good things. The phrase “good things” is put as “prosper” in other Bible version. Africa Study Bible puts it thus: “…people who cherish understanding will prosper.” Many lost out in businesses not because devil wanted them fail; lack of understanding of how to handle business has been responsible for failure in businesses. Many Christians are suffering in marriage because of lack of the basic understanding of what marriage really is. May you, reading this devotional today seek understanding from the Spirit of the LORD!
PRAYER:
LORD JESUS, assign the Spirit of understanding on me to be giving me insights and technicalities of living and handling things in life.
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