| Fear of the Lord, Wisdom, Understanding |
A song...
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
The fear of the LORD brings life forever.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
The fear of the LORD brings life, forevermore!
God sits in the heavens and laughs, yes He laughs.
God laughs at the arrogant man and woman.
God sits in the heavens and laughs, yes He laughs
At the one who worships his own cleverness!
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
The fear of the LORD brings life forever.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom.
The fear of the LORD brings life forevermore!
(c) 2005 Raylyn Terrell
Derek Prince's Weekly Devotional for April 19, 2010
Wisdom's Foundation
Here is a word for you from the Word.
Psalm 111:10
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his
precepts have good understanding. NIV
The psalmist there speaks about two wonderful qualities, qualities
which are very rare amongst men and women today - the qualities of
wisdom and understanding. The psalmist points out that each of these
has a moral foundation.
The foundation for wisdom is the fear of the Lord;
the foundation for understanding
is following the Lord's precepts.
So it's fear of the Lord, expressed in obedience,
that is the key to true wisdom and true understanding.
We need to observe a distinction between wisdom and understanding on the one hand, and education and cleverness on the other.
There are many educated, clever people who do not have wisdom or understanding. Cleverness is a matter of the mind, but wisdom goes deeper than that. It's possible to have high education and in many ways to be a fool.
An American president once said that if a man is a thief and
uneducated, he may steal a railroad car,
but if you educate that man he'll steal the whole railroad!
So you see, cleverness and education are no substitute for the moral
foundation of wisdom and understanding which are the fear of the Lord and obedience to His precepts.
Derek Prince