My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Ja, if thou criest after knowledge, and lightest up the voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God (Spreuke 2:1-5)
What do you have to do, if you want to find the knowledge of God and walk on the path of life? All you have to do is to:
- Receive Sy woorde
- Hide Sy gebooie
- Incline your ear unto wisdom
- Apply your heart to understanding
- Cry after knowledge
- Lift up your voice for understanding
- Seek her like silver
- Soek for her as for hid treasures
- Then you understand the fear of the Lord
- Find the knowledge of God
Hear and receive His words
First of all you should listen to Him and receive the Words of God, and keep His words in you. When you keep His words and keep His commandments in your heart, then the Word; Jesus shall live in you. You shall be in Him, and He shall be in you.
Just like Jesus said: and the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; sodat hulle een kan wees, even as We are one: Ek in hulle, and Thou in Me, sodat hulle volmaak gemaak kan word in een; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, en het hulle liefgehad, as Thou hast loved Me (Joh 17:22,23)
Hide His commandments in your heart
When you accept His words, and keep them in your heart, then your ear shall notice wisdom.
Incline your ear unto wisdom
You shall incline your ear unto wisdom and therefore you shall become wise. Because faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. The Word shall live in your heart, en daarom, you shall live and walk in wisdom, en kennis.
Apply your heart to understanding
You shall get understanding by hearing the Word of God, and by speaking the Word of God.
Cry after knowledge and lift up your voice for understanding
You shall cry and lift up your voice to get knowledge and understanding. There must be a desire in your heart to spend time with God, and in His Word. To study His Word, seek and find all truths that are written in the Word (die Bybel).
Seek her like silver and search for her as hidden treasures
You should seek for the truths of God, like you would seek for silver. You should seek, as you would seek for hidden treasures. God has given you an inheritance, and you will only find out if you seek, and search in the word of God. He wants to reveal those things to you, deur Sy Woord.
When you spend time in His Word, then you shall get to know Him, and get to know the truth of His will.
You shall understand the fear of the Lord
Then you shall understand the fear of the Lord, which is the beginning of knowledge and wisdom. Fear doesn’t mean to be afraid, but it means to be in awe of the Most High God.
You shall find knowledge of God
When you understand the fear of the Lord, then you shall find knowledge of God. You shall walk in the fear of the Lord and in the knowledge of His will. You shall walk on the path of the Lord; the path of life, which will lead you to eternal life.
‘Wees die sout van die aarde’
