Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding
As we have discussed in this blog series, it is imperative for Kingdom citizens to be able to identify that which is absolute and that which is relative. But once we are able to see this way, how do we apply this to our lives? We must employ knowledge, wisdom, and understanding.
1.Knowledge is simply the correct facts as presented in scripture, the truth, the absolutes – things that do not change. So how do we determine what is knowledge? We begin by determining what Jesus and His Word say, what our Constitution and our governing agreement say about a particular thing, and what the Holy Spirit God is saying to our spirit. In every situation, each circumstance, and in all of our relationships this must be where we begin. This is our standard and our starting point. This is how we choose and how we plot our course for our action to address the relativisms in our lives.
Example – If I am not in a living relationship with God, I recognize that I need God in my life, and I choose to enter into a living relationship with God.
2. Wisdom is simply knowing how we apply the facts and absolutes from God’s Word to our situations, our circumstances and to all of our relationships personally. There is a personal application for every value and principle and established precedent in our governing agreement. Every situation, each circumstance, and all of the relationships that we will ever encounter can be and are always meant to be addressed and they are answered by the absolutes in scripture. The absolutes do not change. There is nothing left out of this process. When we acquire the knowledge we then know what the application is that we are to apply to everything and to anything that we encounter in life.
Example – I invite God into my life. I repent , I ask for forgiveness, and I make Jesus my Lord and my Savior, my Friend and my God.
3. Gaining the knowledge and then knowing how to apply that knowledge into our life personally brings to us wisdom on how to make the knowledge work for profit for us. This process then reveals to us the understanding and the awareness of how this knowledge and the applied wisdom fit into our God’s master plan for all of humanity’s good.
Example – It is our God’s plan that no one should be without hope and without purpose, but that everyone should come into a living relationship with the living God through Christ Jesus.
