Like the
depths of sea that cannot be reached without proper equipment and training, the
deep waters of a person’s heart, emotions, experiences and individuality will
also require some special preparation. If we are to help, reach out to or grasp
what another person is about, we may need more than mere superficial responses
and pat answers. God is a powerful source of wisdom and understanding. He makes
it clear in His Word that He is willing to freely and liberally give of His
wisdom, to all who genuinely seek Him and ask it of Him. In working with
others, if we are to be beneficial and edifying, we need the wisdom and
understanding of God. By prayer and study of God’s Word and the application of
scriptural principles to our own lives, we construct, as it were ‘brick by
brick’, a strong and useful edifice of knowledge and experience. This can
become a structure that we can lean on, a reservoir we can draw from, when it
comes to lending a hand to someone in need of comfort or direction. Godly
wisdom begins in the fear of the Lord, and is an asset much required in a world
that has gone astray from the morals and commands of God. Most people grow up
with hang-ups and issues which affect the quality of what they do and the
relationships they attempt to build. In Christ, we are able to help and support
one another with more than just dismissive comments or light hearted evasion.
We can pray with our brother or sister, listen with genuine interest, ask God
for wisdom and then in the understanding He supplies, bear one another’s burden
and share the goodness of the Lord. What a privilege to belong to the family of
God and share in the growth He supplies for each of us!
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