TO UNDERSTAND AND TO SPEAK

PROVERBS  2

SOME THINGS TO DO
These are some things to do to understand "the fear of the Lord" and to find knowledge of God:

RECEIVE GOD’s WORD
Read God's words and believe them. Welcome what you read as for what it says and expect it to be the authority. Expect God's words to take authority.


KEEP THEM
Keep them tucked away in private places, hide his commandments with you. Let them be so internal that they pop up automatically in your thoughts. Memorize them.


INCLINE YOUR EAR
Incline your ear to wisdom. When you hear wise things focus your attention on them. Tilt the head by hearing clearly and attempting to understand. Apply your heart to understanding. Work for understanding, spend time at it.


CRY AFTER KNOWLEDGE

Cry after knowledge. Call out for knowledge, arrest knowledge’s attention by calling after it. In public visibly point out the facts. Lift up your voice for understanding. The call for truth is like a case to be presented to the courtroom. In public make a plea for the true relationship among ideas, things, and situations.


SEEK TRUTH
Seek truth as silver. Search for understanding. Search for truth as hid treasures. Search by overturning seemingly unrelated things if truth may be behind them.


REMEMBER GOD
Remember, God’s kingdom is overall.