I was reading John 3, and I came across this remarkable question Jesus asked Nicodemus:
"Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?
The things Jesus was referring to were being born of water and the Spirit, and the analogy of the wind. Nicodemus was a teacher of Israel, yet he came by night to another Teacher because he realized there was something he had not yet grasped.
That got me thinking;
You can accumulate knowledge and still lack understanding.
The book of Proverbs repeatedly emphasizes the value of understanding. It's one thing to know the Scriptures; it's another thing to understand what they are revealing. Knowledge informs, but understanding illuminates. Knowledge tells you what God said; understanding helps you discern what He meant and how to walk in it.
Jesus said that not everyone who says, "Lord, Lord," will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of the Father. You cannot consistently do a will you do not understand. Obedience flows from understanding.
David echoes this truth in Psalm 9:10:
"Those who know Your name put their trust in You."
He doesn't say those who merely call on His name, but those who know. There is a depth of revelation and illumination that produces that kind of trust.
What am I saying?
It is entirely possible to have the Book and still not understand the Book
So don't settle for merely reading Scripture.
Ask the Holy Spirit to open your eyes, to give you understanding because knowledge is easy for a man of understanding , understanding transforms information into revelation, and revelation produces a life of obedience.
With all thy getting, get understanding.
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation, so that you may know Him .
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of this calling . Eph 1:17
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