WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING
We know about wisdom and knowledge, but what is understanding? We have these two verses:
“Lean not on your own understanding.” (See Proverbs 3:5-6)
“Though it cost all you have, get understanding.” (See Proverbs 4:7)
Human understanding is like trying to assemble a giant jigsaw puzzle. Many pieces look like they might fit, but then you find they don’t fit exactly. You get more information, and you find out you have one piece in the wrong place. You can force a piece into place, but it ruins the picture. It’s not just the problem of getting all the pieces in the right place. You can’t get all the pieces, so you never know whether a piece that comes along in the future will conflict with what you think you’ve figured out. If you discover something that conflicts with what you thought you understood, it forces you to reconstruct your paradigm to fit the new information. And yet, there’s more. We have two different puzzles. One puzzle is our own understanding and the other comes from God.
“We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true.” (1 John 5:20)
“We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives.” (Colossians 1:9)
It doesn’t end there. We might think we have two different puzzles, but one isn’t a puzzle to be assembled by our deceitful ruminating minds. What we thought was a spiritual puzzle isn’t a puzzle at all. We were trying to figure out what we imagined to be a riddle, but it turns out it isn’t a riddle. It’s the essence and glory of Christ in us. The understanding that comes from God is the Person of Jesus Christ. It’s Christ in you and you in Christ. It encompasses the entire body of Christ including you. A puzzle doesn’t do any work, but Christ the body is the operative and living Kingdom of God. It’s Christ coming (Parousia) in the flesh and unveiled on the earth. (2 John 1:7, James 5:8)
If I try to put the wisdom and truth of God into a container, I’ll find that container to be broken. (Jeremiah 2:13) I can’t find a container that will hold the flowing stream of Christ that comes from the throne of God. All my effort in trying to put the pieces together in my mind just causes a false illusion of understanding. True understanding is the Christ in us that has been built up through God’s by-grace-through-faith process. Christ in us never disconnects from the Father. The stream of life is constantly flowing and immersing Christ in us with true life from heaven. (Your Metamorphosis – Scientia)
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