Monday, October 1, 2012

"Eat honey, my son, for it is good; honey from the comb is sweet to your taste. Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off." -- Proverbs 24:13-14

Our taste buds are wired for sweetness.  Our minds are wired for knowledge.  However, our tongues are not always dependable when trying to discern that which is good for us.  Eating a sweet peach or slice of watermelon has different consequences than eating a sweet piece of candy.  While our tongues love both,  they are not both good for the body.

Knowledge, though useful, does not equal the value of wisdom.  Debates will go on about what is and isn't wisdom, but for our purposes today, let's assume that wisdom is the ability to appropriately and effectively apply knowledge in our lives.  It's one thing to know something... it's quite another knowing what to do with what you know.

Seek knowledge with everything you have, but more than that, seek God's will in how he would have you apply that knowledge to his purposes.

Readings:  Isaiah 62:6-65:25; Philippians 2:19-3:4a; Psalm 73:1-28; Proverbs 24:13-14