GET UNDERSTANDING FOR THE SUPERNATURAL (1)


By Rev Michael Benson Ajayi 

Proverbs 4: 7 "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding." 

   Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding."

  Understanding means comprehension or ability to understand a thing . The ability to understand is based on a person's intelligent quotient (IQ) and perception  "The vast majority of people in the United States have I.Q.s between 80 and 120, with an I.Q. of 100 considered average. To be diagnosed as having mental retardation, a person must have an I.Q.below 70-75, i.e. significantly below average". ( www.hr .org usstat)  

    There is a supernatural  understanding from God and a carnal ( animal )  understanding ( referred to as " your understanding" in Proverbs 3:5) .  King David spoke of this distinction when he thought that the materially rich non believers were well off by any standard until he was corrected by the Holy spirit . The scriptures says Psalm 73:17 'Until I went into the  sanctuary of God; then  understood I their end.  " there is an understanding synonymous with persons outside a personal relationship with the Holy spirit. This is what humanism is all about and unfortunately many Christians see things as humanists that's why there is much conflict among Christians and lesser manifestations of miracles .

  The bible describes the humanistic type of understanding in psalm 73:22 "So foolish  was I,  and ignorant: I was as a  beast before thee."

An example is Namaan being told to take a deep in a filthy river to be cured of his leprosy. 2Kings 5:14 That's makes no sense. Natural sense calls this magic or witchcraft . Another is Jesus Christ spitting on mud and rubbing it on the eyes of a person born blind (.John 9:11) but when you consider that Adam was made from clay ( Gen.2;7 dust in Hebrew Aphar ) it becomes easy to understand why someone with missing eyes was given fresh ones from the materials from which the human body was made . 

   Jesus Christ said those who believe in him will do similar things like him  (John 14;12) this will require a transcendent understanding of the way God does things . The bible says in 1Cor 2: 14  "But the natural man  receiveth not the things  of the Spirit of God: for  they are foolishness  unto him: neither can he  know them, because  they are spiritually  discerned."

   In our daily prayers we should ask for the transcendent understanding of the Holy spirit.

The bible says in Philippians 1:17 " That  the God of our Lord  Jesus Christ, the Father  of glory, may give unto  you the spirit of wisdom  and revelation in the  knowledge of him:'

The word 'May' tells us there are conditions for receiving revelations and one of them is a meek and humble spirit . Do not always have a ' know - it - all' attitude .,it leads to spiritual blindness and public humiliation by God. 

(1kings 22: 1-38, Zedekiah and his Prophets were humiliated ) 

Prayer

Heavenly father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised for my salvation I receive him as Lord and saviour and receive the Holy spirit and power to understand the mysteries of the kingdom .Amen

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