My Testimony
Importance of wisdom and knowledge
"When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:"
"To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;"
" Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;"
"Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:"
Proverbs 2:10-15
"And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that [is] on the sea shore." (I Ki.4:29)
"And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart." (I Ki.10:24)
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, [and] doth teach him." (Isa. 28:26)
God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much. When wisdom enters into your heart, you become a peculiar person in the eyes of this world. When I was studying an engineering course, I was preparing for a campus selection. Many companies of repute visited the college campus for selection. My father kept telling me that God would give me the best placement only at the last and cited the marriage of Cana when God reserved the best wine at the last. When I was rejected by some companies in the beginning, I was very much disappointed and wept. But a particular company about which I had not heard earlier visited the campus for selection. Unlike the other companies which had visited earlier, there was a very rigorous drill of selection. This was the company which the Lord wanted me to join.
Later we came to understand that this company was the best one for me. God did close the doors of the earlier companies and opened the door of this company for me. This company subjected the candidates to a five-fold selection process i.e. aptitude test, essay writing, group discussion, technical interview and HR interview. After clearing the aptitude test, God gave me such wonderful wisdom at the time of group discussion so that the interviewers were stunned. I was one of the 21 candidates selected out of about 400 candidates. "For his God doth instruct him to discretion, [and] doth teach him." (Isa. 28:26). This is how God gives wisdom to His people.
When wisdom enters into your heart, knowledge also accompanies it. The knowledge is pleasant unto your soul. The knowledge which could not enter your heart earlier now comes to your heart and pleases your soul. If your children are deficient in the faculty of intelligence, you should ask God to give them wisdom. When wisdom enters their heart, their intelligence level will increase and they will understand any lesson which they could not understand earlier. For them, then the study will be a pleasant thing. They will love to study their lessons.
Discretion follows wisdom and knowledge. Discretion is the fruit of wisdom and knowledge. Discretion is seen in the acts of the person who has received wisdom and knowledge. Discretion is manifested through the acts. For example, a child of God is filled with wisdom and he possesses wonderful knowledge. Then he invents or produces something wonderful which is seen by others. Discretion is thus ultimately seen. The wisdom of a child of God will definitely result in discretion. This discretion will thus preserve him from the animosity or the machinations of his enemies. Understanding will keep him in good stead. He will excel in his career, education or any field of science and technology. When you are filled with wisdom and knowledge, you will be delivered from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things (Proverbs 2:12). The Hebrew word for "froward" means "twisted, distorted, perverted, perverse." Your enemies leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness and they rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked. Their ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths.
Let them speak ill of you and all kinds of froward things against you. Ultimately, they cannot prevail against you. The discretion to be manifested through you will preserve you. Your enemies cannot stand before you when you are filled with wisdom and knowledge. "And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith." (Deut.32:2)
- Iwin Johnson
