"'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.'"
Isaiah 55:9-11 "If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you." James 1:5 "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." Jeremiah 33:3 "For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." Proverbs 2:6 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise instruction." Proverbs 1:7 How do we understand God when He is so much bigger and higher than us? He is altogether wiser and powerful and mighty. How can we even understand a fragment of His Word and will? As James 1:5 suggests, we should ask God!! This means to read His Word and ask Him to teach you. Pray before you read and ask Him to reveal more of Himself to you and to give your heart and mind understanding. You can be assured, "it will be given to you". When we call unto Him, the Author of all Scripture, and ask Him and trust Him to teach us, "He will answer and show us great and mighty things which we knew not". The LORD alone gives wisdom and understanding. From His mouth flows understanding and knowledge. In order to ask the LORD or seek the LORD or desire wisdom, one must necessarily fear Him and revere Him as higher than ourselves and all the knowledge and wisdom of man. For without reverence for Him, we will not have any knowledge from above. We must be humble and seek Him alone for understanding. Reading and reading and reading until you are blue, doesn't do anything but add words to a dictionary of terms. You cannot know the Author, without hearing from His Mouth about His ideas and plans. We can talk to others, read books about him, and even teach others and write papers, but we will never gain more of him, if we do not ask Him for more of him, if we do not ask him for understanding and applied wisdom. I could read a book 5 times, all that would gain me is a more detailed knowledge of the story withing its covers, it would not gain insight into the author Himself. We must pray! expecting answers, because His Word says he will answer you when you call upon Him. We will hear from the mouth of God (Jesus), through the Spirit of God (living withing each of those who are His children through faith in Christ), by the power and will of God the Father in Heaven. Ask God to reveal who He is to you. Read His word to find out about Him and trust that He will bring every syllable to your understanding that will open your eyes to who He is and see him through eyes of faith until you see Him face to face. Hallelujah! Dear Heavenly Father, Please show us your glory, fill our minds and hearts with knowledge of You and give us understanding as to who You are and how you work and draw us deeper and deeper into relationship with you. Help us apply all you teach us, all we know and understand to all aspects of life and faith and relationships that we may have wisdom and discernment. Thank you for hearing us. Thank you for answering us. Thank you for seeking us before we ever sought after you. Draw near to us, we pray. In Jesus' name, Amen.
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