“Knowing what is right is like deep water in the heart; a wise person draws from the well within.” That is from Proverbs 20:5 in The Message.
How do you get deep water in the heart? How do you gain wisdom to know what is right? Those are tough questions to answer. To gain wisdom we need to listen well. Mainly listening to God, through reading Scripture. There is incredible wisdom in the Bible, yet most people choose not to go there and dig deep.
Life experience can also bring wisdom if you listen well. If you are learning from your experience and make changes accordingly you gain wisdom. I have found that when I do the hard thing instead of the easy thing I gain wisdom and insight from that experience. Sometimes doing the right thing can be hard. When you know the right thing to do and then follow through and do it, you mature, grow and gain wisdom. Your waters get deeper and you have more to draw from.
When you know the right thing to do and choose not to do it, you go backwards, you get stuck in muddy waters. I believe courage and wisdom go together. When you have the courage to do the right thing you gain new wisdom from that experience.
Deepen the waters in your heart by digging into God’s word, learning from your experiences and having the courage to do what you know is right.
Great post Chad! I like the new blog look too.
Hey,
This reminded me of something I learned last year when I went white water rafting. The water that appears smoothest on the surface of the river is actually the deepest. The rough turbulent water you often see in rafting rivers is actually shallow. In other words just like the saying "Still waters run deep", we need to search out the deep waters where life is less turbulent and learn to reside there and respect the power of the river. Searching out the deep waters is where God wants us to stay on our journey down the river of life.