How To Get Wisdom From God – Here Are The Conditions
Categories: Bible Study LessonsSolomon opens chapter two of the great book of Proverbs in an urgent plea for an acceptance of wisdom and discernment. Inspired Solomon sets forth this plea in the form of “conditional statements,” that is, IF we accept the conditions of the promise, THEN the fulfillment of the promise shall be ours to enjoy. We might call them “if – then” promises. This involves a question we all need the answer to, “How To Get Wisdom From God?”
Solomon declares, IF “thou receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee” (2:1), that is, to accept and retain the word of God in our minds, THEN you will receive wisdom. IF “thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding” (2:2) – giving diligent attention to and have a favorable desire for wisdom, THEN you will obtain wisdom. IF “thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding” (2:3) – sincerely and earnestly trying to do what is right, THEN you shall find wisdom. IF “thou seekest her as silver, and searceth for her as for hid treasures” (2:4) – having the willingness to take great pains to secure wisdom, THEN you will come to know wisdom. IF we are willing to do all these things just mentioned, THEN “shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge of God (2:5) and THEN “shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path” (2:9).
How To Get Wisdom From God
If we want to receive wisdom, we must have the knowledge of God, and to receive this knowledge we must embark on a diligent study of the Scriptures. “Give diligence [study – KJV] to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth” (2 Tim. 2:15). We must also be like the Bereans, where of them it is said, “Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). Having a knowledge of God is the only means by which we can intimately know God, and therefore, the only way which we can gain spiritual wisdom.
Solomon teaches, “For Jehovah giveth wisdom; Out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding: He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; [He is] a shield to them that walk in integrity; That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints” (Pro. 2:6-8). In God’s word we gain wisdom (v. 6), sound wisdom (v. 7), and wisdom that preserves (v. 8). IF we are diligent students of God’s word, THEN we shall dwell in the wisdom of God.
But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell securely, And shall be quiet without fear of evil” (Pro. 1:33).
How to get wisdom from God? The answer is laid out in the wisdom itself!