Gifts God
Gives
“To the man who pleases Him, God gives
wisdom, knowledge and happiness..” Eccl. 2:26
Solomon
writes in the Book of Ecclesiastes about trying to find the meaning of
life. Within his search, he discovers so
much is pure folly. Eccl. 2:26 is a
truth about those who please God and seek to please Him. To those, the Lord gives wisdom, knowledge
and happiness.
Wisdom,
written about extensively in Proverbs, is guidance on how to live our lives in
accordance with God’s commands. It is
guidance and instruction with practical application. In this way it is different than knowledge,
which in Hebrew is the word, da’ath, and comes from the Hebrew root word,
yada. This means knowledge that comes
from relationship. As our relationship
with the Lord deepens and grows, our knowledge will grow.
We also
will receive from the Lord happiness, which actually translates as joy. We might recognize joy as a fruit of the Holy
Spirit, as mentioned in Galatians 5. Joy
is deeply rooted within us, much like peace, when it is a fruit of the
Spirit. Such joy allows us to walk
through the “valleys’ in our lives still holding onto hope, faith, and gladness
for all the Lord has provided.
Let us be
continually seeking to please the Lord, who gives us these three great gifts:
wisdom; knowledge; and joy.
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