My Month Of Walking In Wisdom

It is with delight and joy that I welcome you to our month of walking in wisdom. One of the specific attributes of life that God clearly requested and commanded we should get is wisdom. "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding". I think the reason for this is clear - one of the most successful and wealthiest King in history requested for wisdom and the trajectory of his life changed forever. The world belongs to people of knowledge no doubt but knowledge without wisdom is what is called foolishness. This month I pray that God who granted Solomon wisdom will grant you wisdom.

Online dictionary defines wisdom as the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise. Wisdom is synonymous with sagacity, sageness, intelligence, understanding, insight, perception, perceptiveness, percipience, penetration, perspicuity, acuity, discernment and good sense. Wisdom is the capacity to have soundness with respect to an action or decision with regard to the application of experience, knowledge, and good judgment. Wisdom is the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting.

Wisdom is applied knowledge or knowledge put into action. There are people who have more degrees than a thermometer but can not put their knowledge into action. Real wisdom knows what to do, when to do it, how to do it and gets right down and does it. You cannot flourish in any human endeavour acquiring knowledge, without applying it. Right action at the right time is called wisdom and that produces great results.

What is the difference between, knowledge, understanding and wisdom.

What is wisdom?

Until you understand the difference between knowledge, understanding and wisdom you will not appreciate the importance of wisdom. Wisdom and knowledge, both recurring themes in the Bible, are related but not synonymous. Knowledge is information gained through experience, reasoning, or acquaintance. Knowledge has to do with facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. There is a scripture passage that actually helps to elucidate on these three vocabularies. "Through wisdom is a house builded; and by understanding it is established:4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches." (Prov 24:3-4) From here we understand that knowledge has to do with accumulation of information, but when information is not understood it becomes a problem. Understanding however has to do with comprehension. I always remember my Secondary school days when the English teacher will give a passage and ask the students to read and answer some questions to demonstrate comprehension. If a student happen not to understand the passage and cannot get the answer correctly, the teacher will encourage such to make further effort by using the information presented to make an informed decision and thus manifest wisdom. That is why it is a laughable situation whereby a Medical Doctor comes up with an X-Ray to teach a patient the danger of smoking. The Doctor stated "You see, this is an X-Ray of a non-smoker, his heart, is clean. You see, this other X-Ray is of a smoker, it is dark and black, meaning it has the potential of leading the smoker to have heart related diseases." Few minutes later, the MD goes out to smoke. This implies that the man has knowledge (information), he also has understanding (comprehension) but lacks wisdom. It stands to reason therefore that knowledge can exist without wisdom, but not the other way around. One can be knowledgeable without being wise. Knowledge is knowing how to use a gun; wisdom is knowing when to use it and when to keep it holstered. Knowledge is what is gathered over time through the study of the Scriptures. It can be said that wisdom, in turn acts properly upon that knowledge. Wisdom is the fitting application of knowledge. Knowledge knows when the light has turned red; wisdom applies the brakes. Knowledge sees the quicksand; wisdom walks around it. Knowledge memorizes the Ten Commandments; wisdom obeys them. Knowledge learns of God; wisdom loves Him.

The Importance of Wisdom.

Recently I shared a video clip of one of my teachings on social media why we study the bible, which was delivered during the International Gathering of Eagles Conference in Abidjan , Cote D'iviore. One of the reasons I stated was that God wants us to have knowledge of Him and what He expects of us. I further postulated that one of the advantages of studying the word of God is to help us make informed decisions in life as we daily face challenges and situations that demand us to make decisions. For example, the scripture says "Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do" Joshua 1:8 (NLT) God is saying here that your success and prosperity is predicated on accurate, sound judgment and application of the knowledge acquired through the study of the word of God. Again, God is saying that it is important to have knowledge but it is equally important to have wisdom which is the right application of knowledge.