The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge;
the ears of the wise seek it out.
the ears of the wise seek it out.
It's probably because we're entering into yet another new month of our reading challenge, and every day we open to read our Bible we are acquiring knowledge...but not only are we acquiring it - we're seeking it out, new each day!
When I looked up the word knowledge in my Bible dictionary/concordance it is defined as "the state or fact of knowing; learning; awareness; sum of what has been learned or discovered". Not a very moving or encouraging description, in my opinion. So I checked out the master index to see what it had to say...
Knowledge
knowing what is right vs. doing right - 1 Sm 28:3-8
different than wisdom - Prv 1:7-9
knowing about Jesus is not enough for salvation - Mk 3:7-11
knowing the Bible is not enough for salvation - Jn 3:10, 11
knowing God vs. knowing about God - Mt 15:8, 9
faith isn't what you know but whom you know - Col 1:4, 5
must be applied - Col 1:9-14
no believers have secret spiritual knowledge - Col 1:26, 27
Not sure where you guys are at these days, but I know I easily fall into the habit of making my reading each day part of a mental checklist to get through...and fail to focus on where I am in my relationship to God. Just seeing how the word is defined, and then the coordinating Bible verses was a big eye opener to what "acquiring knowledge" is really all about.
Oh yes I easily fall into the habit of making this my checklist. Although I do enjoy it some days I catch myself with it being a task and it really isn't. I like col 1:4,5
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