1<\/sup> My son, if you accept my words 2<\/sup> turning your ear to wisdom 3<\/sup> and if you call out for insight 4<\/sup> and if you look for it as for silver 5<\/sup> then you will understand<\/strong> the fear of the LORD 6<\/sup> For the LORD gives<\/strong> wisdom, 7<\/sup> He holds victory in store for the upright, 8<\/sup> for he guards the course of the just 9<\/sup> Then you will understand<\/strong> what is right and just 10<\/sup> For wisdom will enter your heart<\/strong>, I don’t know everything, and I am not in the least bit concerned.\u00a0 I am, in fact, on a need to know basis with God but in the best sense possible.\u00a0 I know what God has given me, what he has decided I need to know he tells me.<\/p>\n v6 For the Lord gives wisdom. . .<\/p>\n Why do we get so upset because of what we don’t know?\u00a0 What if someone asks me this?\u00a0 Or how do I answer that?<\/p>\n If I am pursuing God and receiving his words of truth, then I know everything I need to know and what I do know has entered my heart.\u00a0 (See verse 10.)<\/p>\n v5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.<\/p>\n Pursuing God we come to know God, not just truth about God.\u00a0 Only truth about God does not produce this wonderful fear that indicates we are in the presence of majesty and we must bow.\u00a0 Now this reverence blankets us in a holy hush.\u00a0 Shh. . .You don’t need to be concerned with such child.<\/p>\n Habakkuk 2:20\u00a0(NIV) “. . .the LORD is in his holy temple; let all the earth be silent before him.”<\/p>\n In his presence I know enough.\u00a0 I know God.<\/p>\n And now in holy silence I rest in what God has chosen to tell me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Proverbs 21.10 (NIV) 1 My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, 2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, 3 and if you call out for insight and cry … Continue reading
\nand store up my commands within you,<\/p>\n
\nand applying your heart to understanding,<\/p>\n
\nand cry aloud for understanding,<\/p>\n
\nand search for it as for hidden treasure,<\/p>\n
\nand find the knowledge of God.<\/p>\n
\nand from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.<\/p>\n
\nhe is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,<\/p>\n
\nand protects the way of his faithful ones.<\/p>\n
\nand fair\u2014every good path.<\/p>\n
\nand knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.<\/p>\nI don’t know everything<\/h5>\n
In his presence I know enough<\/h5>\n